Lessons Learned - Plagiarism, Proper Citations, Paraphrasing
A Masters Degree in Information Systems builds on the student's former education, gives the student new, specific tools for using, understanding and building hardware and software, and prepares the student for valuable work in perhaps the most important global system developed to date. In obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems, the student must learn state-of-the-art knowledge, with one phase building on the one before it, and enabling the student to keep learning throughout his/her life and keep developing new systems to keep up with demand. In obtaining this Degree, the student must learn to recognize and avoid plagiarism, use proper citations and properly paraphrase.
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism is using the thoughts and words of another as your own, without giving credit to the original author (Bouville, 2008). Plagiarism is currently a major problem in education and in business. In fact, though plagiarism is officially considered a serious violation in education and business, it is apparently so common that many individuals see no problem with committing it (Lofstrom, 2011). As a result of widespread plagiarism, Information Systems are used to detect it in education (Thurmond, 2010). In addition, written and online tutorials are given to help students understand exactly what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it (Risquez, O'Dwyer, & Ledwith, 2011). All this knowledge and the continuing development of this knowledge is particularly important for someone obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems: as the world becomes "smaller" with more and more individuals using the internet worldwide, there will be a greater demand for systems that can detect and avoid plagiarism (Aziz, Hashim, & Razak, 2012); in order to develop new and better systems for detecting and avoiding plagiarism, a student obtaining a Masters Degree must learn exactly what constitutes plagiarism and blend that knowledge with his/her knowledge of Information Systems to continually develop better hardware and software for detection and avoidance of plagiarism. In addition, when any student and particularly a student obtaining a Masters in Information Systems plagiarizes, he/she cheats himself/herself: education builds from one phase to the next and if a student "skips" a step by simply parroting someone else's thoughts and words, the student fails to learn (Lofstrom, 2011); with each small instance of plagiarism, the student cheats himself/herself out of a little bit of education. Finally, plagiarism actually costs something for the cheated author: in many cases, being properly acknowledged as the author of an idea or of specific words literally means income to the author (Aziz, Hashim, & Razak, 2012); consequently, any student and particularly a student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems who uses an author's thoughts and words as his/her own may be depriving the true author out of income that should properly be paid to that author. Though plagiarism is apparently common, it is also an expensive violation for the original author, for the student and for the educational/business worlds; consequently, a student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems must learn within himself/herself and with state-of-the-art hardware and software to detect, recognize and avoid plagiarism.
Proper Citations
Proper citation is attributing a passage or thought to another writer and doing so in a commonly accepted form (Barry, 2006). Proper citations properly give credit where credit is due (Aziz, Hashim, & Razak, 2012). This is important to any student and particularly to a student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems for several reasons. First, a proper education demands integrity. Integrity requires that any student appreciates and acknowledges the hard work of others. Integrity particularly requires that a student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems use proper citations. Secondly, proper forms and substance of citations are recognized by educated people; consequently, a student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems must learn, understand and properly use all these forms in order to communicate capably with other well-educated educated people (Bouville, 2008). Finally, Information Systems stretch across the globe in real time and a student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems must be able to use proper citations that are recognized by people across the continually shrinking globe in order to effectively work with people from all corners of the earth. Clearly, proper citation is important to the student obtaining a Masters Degree in Information Systems, as well as the educational and business systems across the globe for the sake of integrity, being able to converse with other knowledgeable people and working worldwide.
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is rewording...
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