Gerund as it functions as a subject of your sentence as well.
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''The employees whined about their low wages'' is the statement that contains bias.
It should be plagiarism, it not only counts the text, but if you steal their ideas, it's still plagiarism. cheating is when during a test you look at others work. stealing ideas might not violate the directions, so it's not 'not following directions'