Plagiarism Report: APA Format, Citations, and Consequences

This report provides an overview of plagiarism, including its definition, advantages, and disadvantages. It delves into the reasons why plagiarism occurs and explores the importance of proper citations to avoid it. The report also explains the American Psychological Association (APA) format, including its key elements such as page margins, headers, and the citation style. Examples of APA citations are provided for both in-text and reference list entries. The paper also discusses the consequences of plagiarism, emphasizing its impact on academic and professional reputations. The report concludes by reinforcing the significance of academic integrity and the correct use of sources to prevent plagiarism.

Report on Plagiarism

Plagiarism
Table of Contents
Plagiarism...................................................................................................................................1
Advantages and disadvantages...................................................................................................1
Reasons why this is used for......................................................................................................1
About citations...........................................................................................................................1
About APA format and examples..............................................................................................2
References..................................................................................................................................3
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Plagiarism
It is considered as the method in which a student, professional or any individual uses other
person’s work. If the student is copying or writing same idea of the other student in his or her
project then it is known as plagiarism. It is examined that plagiarism is considered as illegal
act of it infringes the author’s intellectual property right which covers trademarks and also
copyright. It is possible for the owner of the copyright to sue the other individual in the
federal court. So, in this paper the discussion will be made on the concept of Plagiarism
(Helgesson & Eriksson, 2015).
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of plagiarism are:
 When the individual copy the matter from other work without having any
issue, then they show their skills and cleverness at that time.
 Helps in gathering idea: If a person uses the matter of other person then it
would be easy for them to use the same idea given by the other person.
Disadvantages are:
 It is noticed that there are various consequences such as it can destroy the
reputation of the student in the college or university.
 Destroy the reputation professionally and academically.
 Monetary repercussions
Reasons why this is used for
Plagiarism is used by the individual as it helps in making the work easy. If an individual
copies the work of other individual, then they have to spend less time in gathering the
information or doing research for the particular topic. Therefore, in the present era mostly
people try to use the work of others (Hu, 2015).
About citations
Citations is considered as the way through which it is easy to tell the readers that particular
material is referred to specified journal or book. It also provides the readers the data taken
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from a book, article or web page. It is considered as the bibliographic citations linked with
journals, books or articles. It is important to provide correct citations as it helps to provide the
detail to find out the content from the right source. There are many citations systems and
styles which are considered in scientific citations, humanities or legal citations. At the time of
writing reports or essays it is necessary to provide citations as it helps in identifying the
information used from a particular source (Harris, 2017).
About APA format and examples
The full form of APA is “American psychological association”. The APA format is
generally used in the scientific topics. In the APA format 1inch, of page margins are set and
also page numbers and running head are included in header. The example of APA Format is
related with double spacing and typed work which is considered as the important part. The
overall work is submitted on 8.5x11 papers. Also, it is observed that in APA citation there is
author last name and year of publication. For example: (SAM, 2009). If there is any direct
quotation then page number is included. Example is: (Sam, 2009, p.15). For website or e-
books sources there is no page number and paragraph number considered. So, this is
considered as the APA format.
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References
Harris, R. A. (2017). Using sources effectively: Strengthening your writing and avoiding
plagiarism. Routledge.
Helgesson, G., & Eriksson, S. (2015). Plagiarism in research. Medicine, Health Care and
Philosophy, 18(1), 91-101.
Hu, G. (2015). Research on plagiarism in second language writing: Where to from
here. Journal of Second Language Writing, 30, 100-102.
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