Plagiarism Defined?

Abstract

This multiple case study examines seven institutional documents from universities in four countries (Australia, China, Finland and Germany) with the aim of determining how plagiarism is defined in these institutional contexts. This research expands on previous analyses of university plagiarism policies in the Anglosphere (e.g., Kaktiņš, 2014;Sutherland-Smith, 2011), and particularly the notion that institutional definitions of plagiarism contain "six elements" (Pecorari, 2002). Using the six elements model of plagiarism as a theoretical basis, the documents in this study were analysed using deductive content analysis. The findings of this analysis revealed that the definitions of plagiarism were consistent across the contexts, with all policies containing five of the six elements in their definitions. At two institutions, however, the element of intentionality was not addressed in the definition of plagiarism. Furthermore, the extent of discussion of certain elements of plagiarism (e.g., the need for source acknowledgement), and an emphasis on "good academic practice" across the documents revealed the need for ongoing research that considers how institutions construct official definitions of plagiarism.

Plagiarisme Dalam Budaya Penulisan Karya Tulis Ilmiah

“…Beberapa institusi pendidikan tinggi di Eropa dan Asia, misalnya, terbukti memiliki berbagai kebijakan plagiarisme di institusi yang sama (Ronai, 2020). Plagiarisme biasanya didefinisikan sebagai perampasan karya orang lain tanpa pengakuan (Pecorari & Petrić, 2014) Penelitian ini berbeda dengan penelitian-penelitian sebelumnya, karena penelitian ini fokus pada upaya pencegahan plagiarisme melalui pencarian sumber referensi melalui internet, penguatan publikasi di ranah akademis, serta penguatan rasa percaya diri dan keterampilan penulis pemula.…”

Servis Za Detekciju Plagijarizama U Naučnim Radovima

“…Plagijat u visokom obrazovanju bio je čest razlog za uzbunu u institucijama širom sveta u poslednjih nekoliko decenija [1]. Kada se provera plagijata radi ručno, to nije efikasno i veoma je zamorno za bilo kog pojedinca da bira datoteke jednu po jednu i upoređuje ih sa drugim datotekama kako bi utvrdio pojavu plagijata.…”