The purpose of this module is to help students, as well as professionals, identify and prevent questionable practices and to develop an awareness of ethical writing. This guide was written by Miguel Roig, PhD, from St. Johns University with funding from ORI.
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26 Guidelines at a Glance
Introduction
On ethical writing
Plagiarism
Plagiarism of ideas
Acknowledging the source of our ideas
Plagiarism of text
Inappropriate paraphrasing
Paraphrasing and plagiarism: What the writing guides say
Examples of paraphrasing: Good and bad
Paraphrasing highly technical language
Plagiarism and common knowledge
Plagiarism and authorship disputes
Self plagiarism
Redundant and Duplicate (i.e., dual) Publications
Academic self plagiarism
Salami Slicing (i.e., data fragmentation)
Copyright Law
Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, and Plagiarism
Text recycling
Forms of acceptable text recycling
Borderline/unacceptable cases of text recycling
The Lesser Crimes of Writing
Carelessness in citing sources
Relying on an abstract or a preliminary version of a paper while citing the published version
Citing sources that were not read or thoroughly understood
Borrowing extensively from a source but only acknowledging a small portion of what is borrowed
Ethically inappropriate writing practices
Selective reporting of literature
Selective reporting of methodology
Selective reporting of results
Authorship issues and conflicts of interest
Deciding on authorship
Establishing authorship
Authorship in faculty-student collaborations
A brief overview on conflicts of interest
References
RESOURCES & PUBLICATIONS