Is it "Plagiarism"?

Pam is assigned a research essay in a graphic design class she previously failed. She's having trouble keeping up again because she’s spending all her free time driving to and from Scranton, so she considers submitting the essay from the first time she took the course.

If she does this,

• She would not be guilty of academic dishonesty.

• She would be guilty of auto plagiarism.

• She would be guilty of collusion.

• She would be guilty of poor paraphrasing.

• She would be guilty of inaccurate citation.

Jim has to submit a rundown to his new supervisor Charles Miner; however, Jim does not know what a rundown is. Andy, who’s been there less time than everyone else, is also confused. The two decide to work together, even though Charles assigned the work to be completed independently.

If he finds out, Charles can accuse them of

• Nothing, as this is not academic dishonesty.

• auto plagiarism.

• collusion.

• poor paraphrasing.

• inaccurate citation.

Dwight needs to make a good impression on a client, so he borrows a line he’s heard his boss Michael say.

Michael's quote is, “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.

In his email, Dwight changes it to, “Though not superstitious, I may be a bit stitious.”

He has changed multiple words and the structure of the sentence, so he does not use quotation marks. When his boss finds out, he may accuse Dwight of

• Nothing, he would not be guilty of academic dishonesty.

• Being guilty of auto plagiarism.

• Being guilty of collusion.

• Being guilty of poor paraphrasing.

• Being guilty of verbatim or copy/pasting error.

Kelly must turn in a report with at least three sources. She starts her research but gets distracted shopping online. Before she knows it, the day is over, and she only has two sources to list. She quickly finds another source that looks relevant, and though she did not use it for her report, she includes it on her list. Kelly should know

• She would not be guilty of academic dishonesty.

• She would be guilty of auto plagiarism.

• She would be guilty of collusion.

• She would be guilty of poor paraphrasing.

• She would be guilty of inaccurate citation.

Stanley is doing a crossword puzzle while typing up a report that includes direct quotations from his client. He’s distracted, so he forgets to put some of the quotations in quotation marks, making it difficult to tell which parts are his and which parts are the client's. If he does not go back and catch this, his report will contain an issue of

• Nothing, as this is not academic dishonesty.

• auto plagiarism.

• collusion.

• paraphrasing.

• verbatim or copy/pasting error.

Ryan must turn in a marketing proposal as the new Vice President at Dunder Mifflin. He digs around his old files and finds a similar proposal he wrote for a class in business school. He cites his previous work in his new proposal, so Ryan is guilty of

• He would not be guilty of academic dishonesty.

• Being guilty of auto plagiarism.

• Being guilty of collusion.

• Being guilty of poor paraphrasing.

• Being guilty of verbatim or copy/pasting error.

According to Michael Scott, “Abraham Lincoln once said that 'If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North,’ and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace.”

Abraham Lincoln did not say that. This is an example of a(n) _______________ issue.

• Nothing, as this is not academic dishonesty.

• auto plagiarism.

• collusion.

• inaccurate citation.

• failure to acknowledge assistance.

Kevin submits a report, and Angela angrily gives it back, telling him to cite his sources. He did that report last week and does not remember which source he got each quote from. He has the articles he used, but there are a lot of sources and a lot of quotes. He is behind on his work and does not have time to re-read all the articles to confirm, so he tries his best to guess where each quote came from. All of the sources are listed accurately on the Works Cited page, but there is a chance he got some sources and quotes mixed up. If that is the case, he

• would be guilty of nothing, as this is not academic dishonesty.

• would be guilty of failure to acknowledge assistance.

• would be guilty of poor paraphrasing.

• would be guilty of inaccurate citation.

• would be guilty of verbatim or copy/pasting error.

Why should you cite your sources? 

• To show your readers that you have done your research.  

• To give credit to others for work they have done.  

• To allow your readers to check your sources, if there are questions.  

• To point your readers to sources that may be useful to them.  

• All of these

Citations are required in:

• Paper/Essay/Report

• Formal presentations (PowerPoint/Canva/GoogleSlides)

• Both of these

• Neither of these