RESEARCH ETHICS
CITATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Giving credit to your sources is called Citing or Referencing a source. This is important so that someone who is reading your paper can go back and find the sources you have used in your research.
Detailed explanation-2: -If you fail to cite your sources properly in a paper, it may be considered plagiarism. Plagiarizing someone’s work is unethical and it is illegal. Copyright law protects an author’s work from being copied without his/her permission. In order to comply with the law, you should always credit the source.
Detailed explanation-3: -When you use the words or ideas of others, you need to acknowledge them; if you don’t credit your sources, you are guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism is often unintentional, as when a writer paraphrases someone else’s ideas in language that is close to the original.