Why is Plagiarism a Serious Offense: A Guide to Avoid Plagiarism?

How offensive it might feel if you were to come across your own material being passed off by someone else as theirs. This is a nightmare that writers often fear, however at times when people are budding writers and are in the process of making their thesis projects; they may make the mistake of resorting to plagiarism and may not understand the scale of the offense. Here are few reasons why it is exceedingly offensive and some ways in which you can avoid plagiarism.

Ethically wrong:

Passing off someone else’s work as your own is something that may be considered as theft. The act is ethically wrong and it is also unfair to the person who wrote it originally. You may not realize it, but you can also be legally prosecuted for plagiarism and your thesis can face an outright rejection. The best way to avoid such a fate is to ensure that you give due credit to all the writers and resources from which you use the information for your work. An impeccable citation and referencing job is the safest way out.

It limits your learning:

When you choose to simply pick out matter from someone else's work and put it in your study, you may be limiting yourself, if you try to understand the concept and explain it in your own words, the level of your own learning also increases. The best way to do it is to use a reference and also include your own inferences and conclusions in the matter.

Fails to add value:

A thesis project is meant to add value to the subject of your study and be a source of information for those who choose to read it, however if you resort to plagiarism, you may be just repeating what someone else has said and your work will add no value to the subject. However, if you include a study and support it with an analysis, you may be able to create a name for yourself in the field that you aspire to study.

It is essential to understand the importance of originality; this is especially true when you are contributing to the academic field by the way of your thesis. This is one of the most important reasons why you must abstain from plagiarism and work only on original matter for the project.

 

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