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Students' understanding of social
and moral responsibility 4:
'Plagiarism'

Introduction

Patent and copyright laws are used to protect other people's inventions, work, paintings, music and publications. Even clothing and fashion items are copied to deceive the buyer. So how do we place trust in ourselves not to break copyright or patent laws or be aware of how we impinge on other people's rights? It requires us all to make a distinction between different types of trust. In China, it is considered acceptable to take someone else's work and replicate it as another without making it clear that it is not original work but copied. In academia, a good illustration of this is plagiarism. Taking another person's work and copying it is cheating. The illustrations below are useful reminders of what trust means and why we should not break it.

Transcript - A story about plagiarism

Transcript - Detecting plagiarism

Part 1: A story about plagiarism
A story to help students understand their rights and responsibilities towards peers.

Part 2: Detecting plagiarism
An illustration to help students understand their rights and responsibilities.

 

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The Active Learning Active Citizenship project is funded by FDTL5 and has received support from the Higher Education Academy, Sheffield Hallam University and University of Lincoln.

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Plagiarism