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- Shelle C
- I am a mom, wife, step-mom, and step-grandma. I am going back to college online to get my AAS degree in Medical Office Management. I am interested in helping people so I do volunteer work, I am in the Honors program, and I am a member in the OES. I have Fibromyalgia and want to help others that are suffering with their health and wellness. I want to get my BS in Health and Wellness once I get done with this degree. Mississippi has the most overweight people in it today, and I am interested in helping people overcome that. Anything else you want to know just ask. I am a Christian and I love my life.
21 September, 2010
Plagiarism
Hello fellow classmates. I didn't realize that plagiarism goes far beyond just in our writing. I liked on the video we watched that gave the example about a co-worker not giving proper credit verbally when telling another co-worker about putting the ink in the copy machine. I have seen things like that happen and just not pay attention to it. For instance, if I were to give someone advice on how to do something and they went and told a friend how to do it but didn't mention my name, then that friend will not know that I am the one who actually thought of it. I never thought about that being plagiarism but I guess it is. It is basically stealing and idea and not giving proper credit to the author. When looking at it that way I know now that if I were to find out a person did that, I would be upset. I am going to start making sure when I see that happening, I will correct the person. Also, I want to make sure I give proper credit where it is due.
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Hi Shelle, it would be the same thing if someone took your work and distributed it to others for their use. That's why the musicians get so upset about people file-sharing their music for free. Something like the co-worker telling how to put the ink in the machine is one of those things that can get away from you. I would never be upset about someone passing along that kind of information to another coworker, but I WOULD be upset about is if the person said, "Hey, look what I figured out!"
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