Question

Here is an original quote: "Each of us grows up in a culture that provides patterns of acceptable behavior and belief. We may not be aware of the most basic features of our own culture until we come into contact with people who do things differently." Source: Kaczmarek, S.K. & Locker, K.O. (2011). Business Communication: Building Critical Skills. New York, NY: McGraw Hill/ Irwin. Which of the following examples would be considered plagiarism?A. According to Kaczmarek and Locker (2011), we may not even be aware of the most basic features of our culture until we come into contact with people who do things differently.B. According to one source: "Each of us grows up in a culture that provides patterns of acceptable behavior and belief" (Kaczmarek and Locker, 2011, p. 41).C. Interestingly, it has been noted that each of us grows up in a culture that provides patterns of acceptable behavior and belief.D.Both A and C

Answer 1

Answer: D. Both A and C

Explanation: When you use someone's idea or quotes without giving proper credit, without acknowledging or citing the original author; that is plagiarism. If you want to evade any accusations of Plagiarism, you must properly give citations of any wordings or ideas that are not your own by putting them in quotations as well as writing the name of the author and date of publication.

Option A cited the author but did not put the statement in quotation which translates that those statements are his own ideas but the reverse the case, resulting to plagiarism

In option B, the author was properly cited and the statements were in quotation and that is not Plagiarism.

Option C neither cited nor put the statement in quotation which also resulted in Plagiarism.

So both A and C are plagiarism.