Compare And Contrast Plagiarism And Rebecca's

In Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty, Rebecca Howard used words like “robbed” and “kidnapped” to describe plagiarism. However, most emphasis had been put on the fact that originality is key to recognition and true authorship where she says “writers who want recognition must assert priority; to assert priority is to assert originality; and to assert originality engenders a fear of being robbed” (Howard 791). In UNCW’s policy, plagiarism is defined as “the copying of language, phrasing, structure, or specific ideas of another and presenting any of these as one’s own work, including information found on the Internet” (“Section I” 12). This definition is very different from Rebecca’s policy because it has included sources from the internet. Rebecca shows us that this issue of plagiarism only started recently because of technological advancements which brought about the big debate about authorship (Howard).

One of these similarities is the frequent emphasis of quality and originality. Rebecca says that for an author to be recognized, he or she has to present original work. UNCW, on the other hand, says that their main objective is to ensure that they uphold quality and academic integrity. Another similarity can be seen in the fact that both policies approve that plagiarism should be punished. Rebecca however states that the punishment should be gauged according to its severity of violation. UNCW clearly states that all violations will be eligible for summoning and a hearing will be summoned where the student will appear before a board and the dean of students (UNCW