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Research 2 Activity Sheet

Quarter 2 – MELC 5
Week 5
Research Ethics: Intellectual
Property Rights and Plagiarism

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Research 2 Activity Sheet No. 5
Research Ethics: IPR & Plagiarism
First Edition, 2020

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Research 2 ACTIVITY SHEET No. 5

Research Ethics: Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism

I. Learning Competency with Code

o Explain the research ethics such as Intellectual Property Rights and
Plagiarism

II. Background Information for Learners

Ethics is often defined as “norms for conduct that delineates the

boundary between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.” It can also be
defined as “an approach, process, or perspective for choosing how to act on
certain issues or situations, and for probing complicated problems and
issues. For example, in dealing with a complex subject like disaster
management, the researcher may look at the issue from various
perspectives: (a) economist’s view, he might compute for the cost benefits,
damages, and losses of various program related to disaster management;
(b) environmentalist’s view, assess the impact of disasters to mother Earth
and various living species; (c) emergency managers and humanitarian
responders, race against time to save and protect as many people
especially the vulnerable ones, and at the same time with decent basic
necessities. When lives are put at stake, time is essential and resources
are limited. Ethics would come in to provide a meaningful guide in
deciding who or what to prioritize (Uy, Cabauatan, De Castro, Grajo,
2016).

Though most societies have legal laws that govern human behavior, yet
ethical norms are broader in nature that are less restrictive and less formal
than laws. Ethics and laws are two different things, take for example, an
act may be used to censure, assess, recommend, or interpret laws. The
aims and goals of research can be fulfilled by these ethical norms. These
are applicable to scientific researches or intellectual or artistic enthusiasts.
Thereby, research ethics is a specialized discipline that studies these
norms.

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 There are various ethical standards in doing research that research
students like you should bear in mind. For a beginner like you, the
tendency of being tempted to use the technique “copy-paste’ might cause
you trouble if you keep on practicing this unethical behavior. Yes, copying
someone else’s work is unethical- you are violating that person’s
Intellectual Property Rights and you might be judged to plagiarize his/her
work. Therefore, you must be cautious in incorporating other’s works into
your paper.

What are Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)?

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are the rights given to persons over the
creation of their minds. They usually give the creator a prerogative over the
utilization of his/her creation for a particular time.

Customarily, IPR is categorized into two major areas, (i.) Copyrights and
rights related to copyright; and (ii) Industrial Property.
 Copyrights and rights related to copyright. The rights of a creative
work not connected with the work’s actual author. It is used in
opposition to the term “authors’ rights”.

 Industrial Property. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Industrial Property is an intangible property right (as ownership
of a trademark or patent) connected with agriculture, commerce,
and industry

What is Plagiarism?
Many would mistakenly think that plagiarism is a manner of copying
or borrowing someone else's works or original ideas. But the words
“copying” and “borrowing” can disguise the seriousness of the offense.

Merriam -Webster online dictionary defines the term ‘plagiarize’ as a

means of: “stealing and passing off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s
own; using (another’s production) without recognizing the source;
committing literary theft; or, presenting an idea or product derived from an
existing source as new and original.”
You may check the plagiarism value of the text in your research paper
using online plagiarism checker tools such as
https://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/.
III. Activity Proper
Activity 1: Copying Me? Copying You?
Objective: Define Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism and discuss their
implications in a research study.

A. A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words.

Directions: Take a look at the pictures shown below. Try to describe in at
least two sentences the idea/s implied in each picture. Write your answer
inside the box.

1.

2.

https://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl/wp-
content/uploads/2011/10/Intellectual-Property-300x300.png

3.

https://image.slidesharecdn.com/thedeathofresearch-
170216185834/95/the-death-of-research-plagiarism-intellectual-
property-1-638.jpg?cb=1487271612
B. The featured paragraph below is a text taken from a scholarly journal.
After it is the quoted and paraphrased versions of the text. Using each
version, indicate whether you think the version in each number is
acceptable (properly cited) or constitutes plagiarism. Check the box that
corresponds to your answer. Give at least two (2) sentences that explain
your answer.

Original Source
"Rap music, unlike disco or funk, is a new genre unto itself. Disco and funk
were variations of an already existing, and therefore familiar, form--rhythm
and blues. Rap music, in its purest form, presents an entirely new sound.
This is one of the reasons rap music tends to be so misunderstood not only
by the general public but also by "accomplished" music critics--it is
completely unfamiliar."

Taken from Mtume ya Salaam's "The Aesthetics of Rap", African American Review 29 (2): Summer 1995;
303-315. (Passage cited is from page 306.)

1. Rap music is a new form of music that, unlike disco or funk, represents
a completely new sound. This is why listeners and critics don't
understand it; it's a genre that is utterly unfamiliar (Salaam, 306).

Acceptable Plagiarized

2. Salaam states that in its purest form, rap music represents an entirely
new sound, which is why it's so misunderstood by expert listeners as
well as the general listener. Because it isn't based on earlier forms of
music, it's completely unfamiliar.

Acceptable Plagiarized

3. According to Mtume ya Salaam, “Rap music…is a new genre unto itself,"

because it is a completely new form of music (306). Salaam argues that
"the general public" and even "'accomplished' music critics" often fail to
understand rap precisely because it is “completely unfamiliar” (306).

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 Acceptable Plagiarized

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4. One of the reasons I listen to rap music is because it seems to be
completely different from anything I've ever heard. Mtume ya Salaam
confirms this opinion when he states that rap is "an entirely new sound"
(306). He goes on to say that many listeners, even critics, don't
understand rap because it sounds so unfamiliar to them, unlike disco or
funk, which have sprung from rhythm and blues (306).

Acceptable Plagiarized

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5. Rap music is a new form of music unto itself, representing an entirely
new sound. This is why it's often misunderstood by music experts and
average listeners; it's utterly unfamiliar (306).

Acceptable Plagiarized

Activity 2
Directions. Now you are a few steps ahead to succeed in writing a good
research paper. To further deepen your understanding of the concepts of
this lesson, try to answer the questions below.
1. After accomplishing the activities, using your own words define
Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Rights.
2. Cite some controversial instances of publicized plagiarism issues in
the country. What is the ethical actions done to solve these issues?
3. Is there any law/s in the Philippines enacted to prevent plagiarism
issues? If yes, what is/are these law/s?
4. What are the implications of Plagiarism and Intellectual Property
Rights in a research study?
5. As a research student, what are the actions you can make to prevent
plagiarism issues?
IV. Reflection
Complete the statements below.

I understand

I don’t understand

I need more information about

 V. Answer Key
VI. Links and Other References

Enhanced Teacher’s Manual in Practical Research 1 for Senior High School by A.P.
Cristobal, Jr. Ed.D. and M.C. Dela Cruz-Cristobal, Ed.D. (2017)

https://lib.usm.edu/plagiarism_tutorial/acceptable_use2.html
https://www.org/english/tratop<e/trips_c/intelligence.htm

https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/services/copyrights

Activity 1

A. Answers may vary

B.

1. Plagiarized. The first sentence paraphrases the source material, yet does not have
quotation marks or any citation showing it is from an article. The second sentence by
itself is a good example of a cited source, but the writer needs to cite the first
sentence as well - maybe by starting the sentence off with ’Mtume ya Salaam
believes....’ and ending with the page number.
2. Plagiarized. Although the writer credits Salaam in the first sentence, there is no
indication where (on what page) this paraphrase came from, and the writer lifts a
quotation directly from the source material without quoting it. Notice, too, that there
is no citation of any kind in the second sentence, which the writer needed to provide
because it is a close paraphrase of Salaam’s sentence.
3. Acceptable U The entire sentence indicates Salaam’s ideas about rap music by
enclosing the borrowed material completely. The sentence starts with his name, uses
a direct quotation set off with quotation marks, and ends with a direct quotation and
page number that shows where the writer found these ideas.
4. Acceptable. As with the example above, the writer has enclosed all the borrowed
material with a proper citation--the author’s name, quotation marks, and a page
number. The second sentence, which is a paraphrase of Salaam’s material, also uses
proper citation. Notice, too, how the writer begins with her opinion and supports it
with Salaam’s words. This is acceptable because she is careful to distinguish her
opinion (that rap music is completely different) from Salaam’s material.
5. Plagiarized. Even though the writer provides a citation at the end of the second
sentence, that citation is incomplete (who is the writer citing?), and this citation does
not tell us where the borrowed material begins.

Activity 2.
Students answer may vary. The teacher can score student’s answers based on the
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