1. Plagiarism Exercise Amrita Madray Reference Librarian C. W
Plagiarism Exercise Amrita Madray Reference Librarian C. W. Post or

2. Acceptable or Unacceptable?
These principles challenge students to strive for excellence, to become men and women in service to others, to integrate curricular and co-curricular learning, to develop talents through discovery and reflection, and to be concerned for the welfare of each person. (Ethos Statement)
Exercise 1
These guidelines challenge students to work for excellence, to become adults in service to others, to interblend curricular and co-curricular learning, to develop skills through discovery and reflection, and to be conscientious for the welfare of each person.
Acceptable or
Unacceptable?

3. i. Words are substituted
These principles challenge students to strive for excellence, to become men and women in service to others, to integrate curricular and co-curricular learning, to develop talents through discovery and reflection, and to be concerned for the welfare of each person. (Ethos Statement)
These guidelines challenge students
to work for excellence, to become
adults in service to others, to
interblend curricular and co-
curricular learning, to develop skills
through discovery and reflection,
and to be conscientious for the
welfare of each person.
Unacceptable
i. Words are substituted
ii. Work is not cited

4. Acceptable or Unacceptable?
These characteristics are essential to ensure the rights and privileges of all students and to preserve the integrity of our educational community. (Ethos Statement)
Exercise 2
When these characteristics are
observed it ensures the rights and
privileges of all students and to
preserve the integrity of our
educational community.
Acceptable or
Unacceptable?

5. Unacceptable i. Cut and paste (copy and paste)
These characteristics are essential to ensure the rights and privileges of all students and to preserve the integrity of our educational community. (Ethos Statement)
When these characteristics are
observed it ensures the rights and
privileges of all students and to
preserve the integrity of our
educational community.
Unacceptable
i. Cut and paste (copy and paste)
ii. Quoting without quotation marks
iii. Work is not cited

6. These characteristics are essential to ensure the rights and privileges of all students and to preserve the integrity of our educational community. (Ethos Statement)
When these characteristics are
observed it ensures “the rights and
privileges of all students and to
preserve the integrity of our
educational community.” (Ethos
statement)
Acceptable
i. Quoted words are in quotation
marks
ii. Work is cited or referenced

7. Acceptable or Unacceptable?
To achieve these ideals, all students are expected to contribute, through their words, actions, and commitments, to the development and sustenance of a community characterized by respect, caring, responsibility, and honesty. (Ethos Statement)
Exercise 3
While in school, students can have fun or learn, and “the development and sustenance of a community characterized by respect, caring responsibility, and honesty” (Ethos Statement) is accomplished when they are ethical or being truthful.
Acceptable or
Unacceptable?

8. To achieve these ideals, all students are expected to contribute, through their words, actions, and commitments, to the development and sustenance of a community characterized by respect, caring, responsibility, and honesty. (Ethos Statement)
While in school, students can have fun or learn, and “the development and sustenance of a community characterized by respect, caring responsibility, and honesty” (Ethos Statement) is accomplished when they are ethical or being truthful.
Acceptable
i. Quotes are in quotation marks
ii. Work is cited.

9. Acceptable or Unacceptable?
To achieve these ideals, all students are expected to contribute, through their words, actions, and commitments, to the development and sustenance of a community characterized by respect, caring, responsibility, and honesty. These characteristics are essential to ensure the rights and privileges of all students and to preserve the integrity of our educational community. (Ethos Statement)
Acceptable or Unacceptable?
Exercise 4
For the entire academic
community, students and staff,
to “preserve the integrity of
C.W. Post,” everyone must
cooperate to comply with the
guidelines of the Ethos
Statement.

10. Unacceptable i. Words within quotes do not
To achieve these ideals, all students are expected to contribute, through their words, actions, and commitments, to the development and sustenance of a community characterized by respect, caring, responsibility, and honesty. These characteristics are essential to ensure the rights and privileges of all students and to preserve the integrity of our educational community. (Ethos Statement)
For the entire academic community, students and staff, to “preserve the integrity of C.W. Post,” everyone must cooperate to comply with the guidelines of the Ethos Statement.
Unacceptable
i. Words within quotes do not
match the words in the
original text
ii. Work is not cited

11. END
July 2004
This is just an exercise for you to do.