Academic Plagiarism: Importance, Relevance, and Ways to Avoid it

This report discusses the significance of academic plagiarism in intellectual writing, the relevance of intellectual integrity and scholarly plagiarism for professionalism in the business environment, and ways to avoid plagiarism and improve academic writing and professionalism.

Academic Plagiarism

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1.) What is plagiarism and its significance.................................................................................3
2.)Discuss relevance of intellectual integrity and scholarly plagiarism is essential for
professionalism in Business Environment..................................................................................4
3.) Defining several ways for avoiding plagiarism and improve professionalism and academic
writing.........................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic plagiarism is refer to effort of others work and idea as your own. It arises when
a writer uses four same words continuously without using quotation mark or any symbol. It
constitute ideas, thoughts, facts of other author's work or create it in your own words. In some
places it is denoted as crime and break down some journal ethics(Bretag, 2018). This report is
based on concept of plagiarism and its importance in intellectual writing, Define why academic
piracy and integrity essential for professionalism,discuss ways of avoid plagiarism and enhanced
academic writing and professionalism.
MAIN BODY
1.) What is plagiarism and its significance
According to - “ It refer to presenting a person thoughts, ideas , language, content as one's
own”. It may arises through various sources and usage of someone efforts without grant them
any credit. Following is relevance of plagiarism in academic writing:
 Acknowledge dependence: It determine character of individual to recognise human
potential and respond them in an appropriate manner(Eaton, 2021). It is important
because it represent that someone has done the paper very carefully and help an
individual by providing all sources that is its thoughts , facts , ideas, beliefs. And as a
responsible person, it gives a huge credit to that scholar and acknowledging their ideas.
 Breach of scholar integrity: A scholar integrity means always be fair to itself and to
others. It shows dignity and accountability of that person. It means that completed own
task and giving credit to its own also provide a proper credit to other scholar ideas and
thoughts are really helpful in completion of project. It is important for academic writing
because it tampering other academics work with intent of establishing one's personal
position.
 Establish Creditability: The external sources use carefully for texting in paper. And a
writer pretend to reader that they are very serious about the project and shows that they
completed paper on its own. So its defining study of subject very deeply and and build an
authoritative and credible resources for reader.

2.)Discuss relevance of intellectual integrity and scholarly plagiarism is essential for
professionalism in Business Environment.
This integrity is focus on basic capability for each academic endeavour. It is important in
learning process on achieving high standards of excellence. It refers to take action regarding to
responsibility, care, trust, respect for activities related to work. It is essential as it assist to
building trust between two or more than people in organisation field. Individual can build their
faith with honesty and do what is exactly required without being controlled(Fatemi and Saito,
2020). Trust is a key feature behind every successful person. Individual can enhance its image
through faith, honest and trust.
It also gives value to degree, employers generally required only those person who are skilled and
higher graduates. They investing in improving capital of human being who will create a positive
impact on organisation. It increase value of business. In short it is signifiant for business
professionalism because it gives peaceful mind to do something in a right way. This will
diminishes work stress, makes happy, healthy and more productive. The real instance that define
significance of intellectual integrity is let suppose that individual had a task, without using and
material and understanding work. They decide to use some specific website or journal to get
solution. They may at top position in their field. This comprises effects on this that they may be
incompetent on their position, this presenting lack of professionalism. Due to which other staff
member also suffer. Thus, it influence individual image in workplace as well as negatively effect
on business reputation.
3.) Defining several ways for avoiding plagiarism and improve professionalism and academic
writing.
Following are several ways that evade plagiarism
 Dedicate to accomplish own task: It refer to engagement level of motivated employee
towards achieving desired task (Kwong, Wong and Yue, 2017). If a person recognise
work that is guide by their supervisor. A person can check all suitable guidelines related
to task through proper citing source. If a person nay follow them also adhere instruction
of their supervisor then they can easily reduce plagiarism within business.
 Acknowledge better rephrasing: This factor really works in diminishes plage, a good
paraphrasing helps to understands original source and make content genuinely by using

their own ideas and words. It defines your actual efforts in context of doing paper that
will definitely helps in accomplishing task and also reducing plage.
 Recognize sources diligently: It is important that cited other person efforts in terms to
theirs own ideas, knowledge and paraphrase it in own words within quotes. This will help
in further avoiding plage.
Following are the ways to improve academic skills and professionalism
 Be clear: This factor helps in enhancing writing skills, always remember that simple and
sweet text is easily acceptable and clearly understands. When a person writing something
for their staff and clients so remind that every person is busy and have very short time.
Provide a message in a very concise form.
 Recognise knowledge: This can affect individual creditability instantly (Orr and Orr,
2021). It a person delivers incorrect information then this will affect trust of others. So go
through various sites and finding real file and interpret it in their own language.
 Be vigilant: A way of talking of any people is very important because it reflects image
and affect writing. So assure that before writing any message focuses on tone and convert
it into friendly manner. This assist to show courtesy to them.
CONCLUSION
It is being concluded from above analysis is that academic plagiarism plays a very
significant role in the workplace or individual's life. This report helps to find out significance of
plagiarism within working environment try to solve problem related to this. So that this may
enhance person identity and its behaviour towards other.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bretag, T., 2018. Academic integrity. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and
Management.
Eaton, S.E., 2021. Plagiarism in higher education: Tackling tough topics in academic integrity.
ABC-CLIO.
Fatemi, G. and Saito, E., 2020. Unintentional plagiarism and academic integrity: The challenges
and needs of postgraduate international students in Australia. Journal of Further and
Higher Education. 44(10). pp.1305-1319.
Kwong, T., Wong, E. and Yue, K., 2017. Bringing abstract academic integrity and ethical
concepts into real-life situations. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. 22(3). pp.353-
368.
Orr, J.E. and Orr, K., 2021. Restoring Honor and Integrity Through Integrating Restorative
Practices in Academic Integrity with Student Leaders. Journal of Academic Ethics,
pp.1-16.