Understanding and avoiding plagiarism in academic writing
Keywords:
Knowledge Management, Training and education of Professionals, Research reportingAbstract
Plagiarism is a buzzword in the research world. Along with academic misconduct, it is also a punishable offence. This is the idealistic dilemma faced by anyone who has ever written or evaluated an article manuscript, a research report or a doctoral thesis. The boundaries between plagiarism and research are often vague or abstract. Knowingly or unknowingly, students and researchers fall victim to this. This paper points to the need to develop awareness and to take appropriate precautionary measures to make academic writing original.
Keywords: Research reporting, Academic writing, Plagiarism, Research Ethics, Similarity, Turnitin
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