Is plagiarism ever permissible?
No. By definition, plagiarism is cheating. Some people confuse plagiarism with skilfully locating and combining information from diverse sources. So long as the sources are acknowledged, combining information in this way (even if the author contributes little or nothing) is not plagiarism. But failing to acknowledge sources is, at best, poor academic practice and, at worst, deceitful. However, teaching staff should make a clear distinction between casual, low-value plagiarism and deliberate plagiarism in a high-stakes assessment.
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