The advent and development of technology give us freedom to
express our idea easier than ever and people can easily see these ideas, these
ideas can easily be used by people without the author’s permission. Websites
like Wikipedia makes it so tempting to plagiarize and put less effort to
student’s paper work, this easy access of knowledge is a treat not only to
students’ grade but also to our ability to think and be creative, that is why
we study business communication so we can develop our own style of writing and
avoid plagiarism.
Students are sometimes not aware that they are plagiarizing,
this when they take samples from other people’s work and put it on your paper
without appropriate referencing, this can be avoided easily by putting
quotation marks around it and cite the source of material. There is also this
infamous “ctrl c or ctrl v” where students copy the direct article or part of
it, which I find so foolish to do.
It is important that students follow the guidelines of their
paper works and avoid plagiarism, there are number of consequences associated
with plagiarism, aside from getting zero on your paper works but also can lead
to academic dishonesty and cause devastating effect on your educational career,
in the real world there are more bigger consequences on plagiarizing, this can
involve:
-Legal consequences, an author can sue the plagiarist due to
copyright issues
-Lost of credibility, this I believe the most important for
if you lose your credibility nobody will trust you.
-Monetary Penalties, due to legal action or lawsuits and
penalties
-Lost of job
So before you attempt to copy somebody’s work think about
these consequences first, being lazy and dishonest cannot only destroy your
credibility but also your entire future.
Source:
http://www.ithenticate.com/6-consequences-of-plagiarism/
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