Academic integrity - Assignment Solution

Running head: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic Integrity
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Academic Integrity means that you are completely responsible for and honest
with your work (Newton, 2016). According to the study of the academic integrity, it turns
out that “Plagiarism is widely defined as ‘using someone else’s work as if it was one’s
own’, generally by giving insufficient credit to (incorrectly referencing) the original
work” (Newton, 2016, p. 482). This can be understood as a process which is used to get
the work done by others while taking the unjustified credit for it. It also means being
dishonest to work and relying on unethical resources to get it done.
So, one has to do in their own words when they do any assignments and exams. It
clearly means that you have to understand what you are taught and try to learn more
when you do the work. Educators, professors and faculty members want to see the
students to be responsible and honest with their assignments or any work. This is because
they want students to understand and learn what they are taught about. Also, assignments
given to students are a good mean to learn. The grades fetched for each of such
assignments indicate the level of learning in individuals. So it is important to avoid
cheating other’s work. Also, they always say to students you have to do your work and
tasks by yourself and in your own words and please do not to plagiarize any of your
tasks.
Academic Integrity is the basic essence of learning. In school,
students grow and learn more about values and ethics that avoid them
to plagiarism and cheating. There are different types of plagiarism.
Firstly, copy-paste which includes taking the information and photos
from different sources such as books, articles, journals, and websites
then copying it with the same ideas and same numbers of words

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without citing the sources (Okoro, 2011). In such cases, personal
creativity or understanding of what have been written on the chosen
resources gets suppressed. Hence, such students in course to make
things easier they actually spoil their career by destroying the chances
to be the skilled professionals.
Secondly, paying money to someone for doing the assignment or
the work which means someone is doing your job on your behalf. This
is clearly unethical to pay for someone’s work because most of the
students did the own work and get their grades based on their efforts.
Finally, paraphrasing without mentioning the source, which means that
taking someone’s ideas. It also means doing the own works and not
citing it.
Actually, plagiarism is paraphrasing without mentioning the
source. Just don't forget to mention the source when taking any
information (Okoro, 2011). According to Whitley Jr & Keith-Spiegel
(2001), academic integrity appears as one of those phenomena which
is hard to be defined; however, everyone gets to know when they look
at it (p.18). In addition, I enter to this course which is plagiarism
prevention program because I took some answers of the weekly
assignment from the internet and that is wrong. After this course, I
have to work hard and I have to ask instructor if I have any questions
in assignment next time.