WRITING A PLAGIARISM-FREE

RESEARCH PAPER
Meishe R. Flores
Plagiarism

the process or practice of using another

person's ideas or work and pretending that it
is your own

(Cambridge Dictionary, n.d.)

Common Types of Plagiarism
• Verbatim Plagiarism

• Mosaic Plagiarism

• Inadequate Paraphrase

• Uncited Paraphrase

• Uncited Quotation

(Harvard College Writing Program taken from”Avoiding Plagiarism" at the Harvard Guide to Using Sources)
ORIGINAL WORK
Laws of Growth

Systems are like babies: once you get one, you have it. They don’t go
away. On the contrary, they display the most remarkable persistence. They
not only persist, they grow. And as they grow, they encroach. The growth
potential of systems was explored in a tentative, preliminary way by
Parkinson, who concluded that administrative systems maintain an average
growth of 6 percent per annum regardless of the work to be done. Parkinson
was right so far as he goes, and we must give him full honors initiating the
serious study of this important topic. But what Parkinson failed to perceive,
we now enunciate – the general systems analogue of Parkinson’s Law.

Gall, J. (1975). Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail. Quadrangle.
UNACCEPTABLE

In this paper, some of the characteristics of the social systems

created in organizations will be looked at. First, Systems are like
babies: once you get one, you have it. They don’t go away. On the
contrary, they display the most remarkable persistence. They not only
persist, they grow.
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In this paper, some of the characteristics of the social systems created

in organizations will be looked at. First, systems are like children: once
one acquires it, it is his. They do not go away; they persist. They do
not only persist; in fact, they grow.
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In this paper, some of the characteristics of the social systems
created in organizations will be looked at. One thing noticeable is
that once a system is created, it never seems to go away. Just the
opposite, in fact, they have the tendency to grow. It can be said that
systems are like children in that respect.
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1
John Gall (1975), in his work on Systemantics, draws a humorous
parallel between systems and infants: “Systems are like babies: once
you get one, you have it. They don’t go away. On the contrary, they
display the most remarkable persistence. They not only persist, they
grow” (p. 1).
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2
Gall (1975) warns that systems are like babies. Create a system and it sticks
around. Worse yet, Gall notes, systems keep growing larger and larger.

3
It has also been suggested that systems have a natural tendency to persists,
even grow and encroach (Gall, 1975).
Direct Quotations

According to Jones (1998), "students often had difficulty using APA

style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).

Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style"
(p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers?

She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998,
p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.

(Purdue Online Writing Lab)

Paraphrase

According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-
time learners.

APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998,
p. 199).

(Purdue Online Writing Lab)

ACTIVITY

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

• Credit the author.

• Use quotation marks.

• Paraphrase but cite the source.

• Present own idea.

 "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever takes crooked paths
will be found out.”

Proverbs 10:9
References:

Concordia University. APA citation style - 7th edition. Retrieved Jan 27, 2021 from http://library.concordia.ca/help/citing/apa.php

Harvard College Writing Lab. “Avoiding Plagiarism" Harvard Guide to Using Sources. Retrieved Jan. 27. 2021 from
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&pageid=icb.page342054>.

Hexham, I. (2013). The Plague of Plagiarism: Academic Plagiarism Defined. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236899249

Hopp, C. & Speil, A. (2020) How prevalent is plagiarism among college students? Anonymity preserving evidence from Austrian
undergraduates, Accountability in Research, DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2020.1804880.

Purdue Online Writing Lab. In-text Citations. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2021 from
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html

Roig, M. (2015). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing.
https://ori.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/plagiarism.pdf