Ethical and Legal Aspects Part 2: Plagiarism—“What Is It and How Do I Avoid It?”

Smith, Neal J.; Wren, Kathleen R.

doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2010.08.002

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“…The term “plagiarism” refers to different ways of copying of ideas, methods, results, and words without mentioning the source and the original author. 1 It covers a wide range of behaviors like intentional or unintentional self-plagiarism or copying diagrams, figures, and tables. 2 –4…”

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Causes of the plagiarism: A grounded theory study

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Background: Plagiarism is an ethical and academic issue, which is affected by several factors. Objectives: This study is an attempt to introduce a model for elaborating on the causes of plagiarism in Iran. Research design: The study was carried out as a grounded theory study. Participants and research context: Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 32 university professors and postgraduate students at Iranian universities of medical sciences. The participants were selected through purposeful and theoretical sampling. Data analysis was done following Strauss et al.’s work. To ensure study rigor, Lincoln and Guba’s measures were used. Ethical considerations: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Results: A conceptual model of the causes of plagiarism was developed based on analyzing and coding the data. The main core of the model was the emergence of plagiarism, and other cores were (1) causal condition: lack of skills, pressure by education system, and lack of awareness; (2) intervening factors: technological advances, legal gaps, and lack of efficient supervision; (3) ground factors: personal traits and attitudes of the academic community; (4) strategy and interventions: role model, supervision, national/international coordination, and higher awareness; (5) outcomes: regeneration of plagiarism and negative attitudes toward Iranian authors in the world academic communities. Conclusion: Several factors affect plagiarism. Among the approaches to attenuate plagiarism in Iranian academic communities are improving self-esteem and self-efficacy in Iranian researchers, emphasizing on quality rather than quantity of published works, discouraging boasting attitudes in the practitioners, denouncing intense competition among researchers, and introducing clear laws and severe punishments for plagiarism.

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“…Plagiarism is one of the most common and important misconducts in the educational and research environments (1)(2)(3). Plagiarism means transcribing the works or ideas of others without authenticating the source and the original author and assigning them to self (4). Also, purposeful falsification of data, research methods, or data analysis and deliberate misinterpretation in suggestions are defined as plagiarism (5).…”

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Socio-cognitive Determinants of Plagiarism Intention Among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Students: A Cross-sectional Study in 2018

Mirzaei-Alavijeh¹,

Jalili²,

Rezaei-Zadeh³

et al. 2021

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Plagiarism is one of the most common and important misconducts in the educational and research environment. Plagiarism means transcribing the works or ideas of others without authenticating the source and the original author and assigning them to self. Objectives: The current research aimed to investigate the socio-cognitive constructs associated with plagiarism among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) students using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: This cross-sectional study was done at KUMS, the west of Iran, among 231 medical university students in 2018, which were selected randomly to participate voluntarily. Students filled out a self-report questionnaire that included the demographics and TPB variables. Data gathered were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 16) using a t-test, Pearson correlation, and linear regression. Results: The determinants of attitude, subjective norms (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) accounted for 15% of behavioral intention (BI) to plagiarism. Linear regression showed that SN (beta = 0.229; P = 0.001) and PBC (beta = -0.217; P = 0.001) were the most influential predictors of plagiarism intention. Conclusions: According to the result, it seems that planning programs to increase perceived behavioral control against doing plagiarism and reduce subjective norms encouraging plagiarism may be useful for the prevention and reduction of plagiarism among university students.

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“…The term "plagiarism" refers to different ways of copying of ideas, methods, results, and words without mentioning the source and the original author (1). It covers a wide range of behaviors like intentional or unintentional self-plagiarism or copying diagrams, figures, and tables (2)(3)(4).…”

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An elaboration on the causes of plagiarism in Iran: a grounded theory study

Abbasi¹,

Lebni²,

Nouri³

et al. 2020

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Background: Plagiarism is an ethical and academic issue in which several factors are effective. The presents study is an attempt to introduce a model for elaborating on the causes of plagiarism in Iran. Methods: The study was carried out as a qualitative grounded theory study. The data was collected through deep semi-structured interviews with 32 university professors and postgraduate students at Iranian universities of medical sciences. The participants were selected through purposeful and theoretical sampling. Data analysis was done following Strauss and Crobin (1998). To ensure study vigor, Guba and Lincoln measures were used. Results: A conceptual model of the causes of plagiarism was developed based on analyzing and coding the data. The main core of the model was the emergence of plagiarism and other cores were 1- causal condition: lack of skill, pressure by education system, and lack of awareness; 2- intervening factors: technological advances, legal gaps, and lack of efficient supervision; 3- ground factors: personal traits and attitudes of the academic community; 4- strategy and interventions: role model, supervision, national/international coordination, higher awareness; 5- outcomes; regeneration of plagiarism and negative attitudes towards Iranian authors in academic communities in the world. Conclusion: Several factors affect plagiarism. Among the approaches to attenuate plagiarism in Iranian academic communities are improving self-esteem and self-efficacy in Iranian researchers, emphasizing on quality rather than quantity of published works, discouraging boasting attitudes in the practitioners, denouncing intense competition among researchers, and introducing clear laws and severe punishments for plagiarism.

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Ethical and Legal Aspects Part 2: Plagiarism—“What Is It and How Do I Avoid It?”

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Causes of the plagiarism: A grounded theory study

Causes of the plagiarism: A grounded theory study

Socio-cognitive Determinants of Plagiarism Intention Among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Students: A Cross-sectional Study in 2018

An elaboration on the causes of plagiarism in Iran: a grounded theory study

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