Question

Maggie has decided on an informative speech on the topic of dreaming. She finds three different articles that cover areas that she believes will be of interest to her audience. Although she credits these sources in her written citation page, she imports intact the ideas and support from these sources as her speech's main ideas and supporting material. Which of the following statements best pertains to this situation?

A) There is no ethical violation here, as she has credited these sources on the outline.
B) There is no ethical violation here, as long as the ideas work well together.
C) There is an ethical violation here known as patchwork plagiarism.
D) There is an ethical violation here, as speakers must have more than three sources.

Answer 1

There is an ethical violation here known as patchwork plagiarism.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question; she imports intact the ideas and support from these sources as her speech's main ideas and supporting material.

The bold text above means she imports the ideas from these text wholly or completely. This known as plagiarism and definitely, an ethical violation has occurred irrespective of whether or not she credited the sources.

The term Plagiarism includes the following

• Attributing someone's research work to yourself
• Presenting this work or idea as yours, with or without their consent.
• Lastly, incorporating these works or ideas into your work without full acknowledgement.

Apparently, Maggie is guilty of (1) and (2) above. With these two violations, it's right to conclude that there is an ethical violation here known as patchwork plagiarism.