I.

WHAT IT IS
II. HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT
III. HOW TO AVOID IT
❖STUDENTS
❖LECTURERS
IV. WHY WE SHOULD AVOID IT
V. THE PENALTIES / CONSEQUENCES
 WHAT IT IS

Using other people’s ideas*

in your work**
without crediting*** them

* words, opinion, thoughts, products, information,

findings/results,project, paper etc..... (both spoken or written)
** assignments, project papers, thesis/dissertation, research, proposals,
test/examination paper etc.....
*** no citation, acknowledgement, referencing etc.
 HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT
Plagiarism has many faces
When you :
take, use, steal, produce or pass off another
1 person’s thoughts, writings, ideas and inventions

• present as new and original an idea or product that

you buy or obtain from an existing source
2
• quote, paraphrase, or borrow large portions of the
original work
3
 • summarize an author's works in your paper
4

• download, photocopy, copy, cut and paste a paper or

5 section thereof from the Internet

• insert or substitute or change phrases and parts of an

6 original text in your work

7 • translate an original text or parts of it

YOU ARE ACTUALLY COMMITTING THE

ACTS OF PLAGIARISM
IF………
 YOU DON’T
QUOTE,
CITE,
GIVE CREDIT, OR
ACKNOWLEDGE
THE ORIGINAL SOURCE
CORRECTLY AND PROPERLY
(EXAMPLES : PUT PROPER QUOTATION MARKS FOR DIRECT SPEECHES, USE FOOTNOTES, MAKE REFERENCES ETC.)
 HOW TO AVOID IT
Intentional or unintentional,
plagiarism is still plagiarism and thus must be avoided
STUDENT

 Use proper quotation marks / citation

 Acknowledge and give credit to the author appropriately

 Take careful notes where you get your information from

 Never copy from others. Develop the habit of writing in your own words with
your own thoughts. Be original.
 Inculcate good values in you. Never claim credit when it’s not yours. Be honest!

 Check your work before submitting

 Ask your lecturers when you have questions regarding plagiarism. They are the
best people to help.
 Learn to differentiate original ideas from researched information

 Ensure that your submission is free from plagiarism. Otherwise you may be penalised.
 LECTURER
 Provide clear definition of plagiarism

 Educate students on what constitutes plagiarism

 Inform students that there are now devices that can detect plagiarism
( eg. Turnitin.com)

 Design assignments, projects and evaluation situations that discourage or inhibit

plagiarism. You may ask the students to :
(a) keep you updated with the progress and process of their work. Ask for an
outline and check their drafts
(b) ask them for the sources they use and compare their work with these sources
(c) create assignments that demand students to provide self analysis, discussion,
and primary source of information

 Always remind students of the consequences / penalties of committing

plagiarism

LECTURERS ARE THE KEY PERSONS

WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
LESSEN IF NOT ELIMINATE PLAGIARISM.
 WHY WE SHOULD AVOID IT
because it is wrong
MORALLY and LEGALLY......
theft cheating dishonesty

violation of intellectual
unethical regulations infringement

misconduct unfair undermining

...... and has become A GLOBAL CANCER

 And the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w( peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said :

“..... lying leads to immorality and

“ He who cheats us does not belong to
immorality leads to Hellfire. A man will us.” Anyone who cheats really commits a
keep telling lies and striving to tell lies until he
sin and he who helps him cheating also
is recorded with Allah s.w.t as a liar...
shares in the blame.
Narrated by al-Bukhari, 5629, Muslim, 4719

“It is better to fail in originality

than to succeed in imitation”
Herman Melville
 OBE

IN UiTM, ASSIGNMENTS ARE

CENTRAL/PARAMOUNT IN MEASURING STUDENTS’
ACHIEVEMENTS

WHAT IF STUDENTS GET

GOOD GRADES
WITH PLAGIARISED WORK...?
and graduate….
and go scot free…….
 THE CONSEQUENCES
YOUR CREDIBILITY, MORALITY AND
DIGNITY ARE AT STAKE AS YOU ARE
NOT THE TRUE REFLECTION OF THE
GRADE YOU HAVE OBTAINED

YOU TARNISH NOT ONLY

YOUR IMAGE BUT YOUR
INSTITUTION’S TOO

YOUR CAREER MIGHT

UNFOLD
 Education is built on trust;
BUT IF TRUST IS BROKEN,
the entire field faces a credibility
crisis.
The bottomline :
1. GIVE CREDIT WHEN CREDIT IS DUE
2. PRODUCE AN ORIGINAL WORK
Be proud of being authentic!
THE PENALTIES / CONSEQUENCES

A FAIL GRADE for SUSPENSION of your

your work academic session
COMMITTING
PLAGIARISM IS
A RISK
WITHDRAWAL /
EXPULSION from the
REVOCATION of your
University
Degree
UiTM takes serious view of plagiarism.

In 2010, 3 students were

found guilty of
plagiarism. One student
was expelled and two
were suspended for a
semester.
(IPSIS, UiTM)
 Any one of these penalties
greatly affects a student’s
future. He loses his trust and
credibility, not only among
teachers and instructors but also
among his fellow students.
 To sum up……

PLAGIARISM
MUST NOT BE
PLAGIARISM TOLERATED PLAGIARISM
UNDERMINES MUST BE
ACADEMIC STOPPED AT ALL
INTEGRITY COST
 To sum up……

Because it is a
threat to Thus, there’s great
urgency to solve Prevention of
Academic plagiarism should be
the problem
innovators everybody’s concern
Do you want to be remembered
as a CHEATER ???
 For more information on plagiarism visit the following
websites:
✓ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
(Avoiding Plagiarism)
✓ http://www.albany.edu/teachingandlearning/tlr/teaching_
resources/prevention.shtml (Can Cheating and Plagiarism be Prevented?)
✓ http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9 (Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism)
✓ http://www.netknowhow.ca/NKHPLoverview.html (Plagiarism)
✓ http://www.plagiarism.org/ (Plagiarism in the Digital Age)
✓ http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
(Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It)