Ethical and unethical methods of plagiarism prevention in academic writing

• Main Authors: Bakhtiyari, K., Salehi, H., Embi, M.A., Shakiba, M., Zavvari, A., Shahbazi-Moghadam, M., Ale Ebrahim, N., Mohammadjafari, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
• Subjects: A General Works; L Education (General); LB2300 Higher Education; LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10665/1/Ethical_and_Unethical_Methods_of_Plagiarism.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10665/; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/37973

This paper discusses plagiarism origins, and the ethical solutions to prevent it. It also reviews some unethical approaches, which may be used to decrease the plagiarism rate in academic writings. We propose eight ethical techniques to avoid unconscious and accidental plagiarism in manuscripts witho...