Gabrielle, a physiology major, waited until the last minute to begin preparing her persuasive speech. When her friend Ken learne
d that she was panicking over the assignment, he gave her the outline of a speech he had delivered in class the previous semester. Gabrielle used the speech and presented it as her own. Which of the following is true? a) Gabrielle is guilty of no ethical offense because Ken willingly gave her his speech.
b) Gabrielle is guilty of patchwork plagiarism because she took her speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.
c) Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.
d) Gabrielle is guilty of incremental plagiarism because she took ideas or language from two or three sources and passed them off as her own.
Here, Gabrielle did not have her own speech, she used the outline (idea) of the speech her friend Ken. This used this speech and presented it as her own. Thus, Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.
Global plagiarism occurs when a speaker uses entire work of any other person passes it off as her own.
