Question

Emil began his research early and found some excellent sources for his informative speech. He cut and pasted passages from several Web sites into a file in his word processor. When he started putting his speech together, he used some complete sentences from the cut-and-pasted materials, paraphrases from other passages, and several original ideas of his own. Unfortunately, Emil forgot to record his sources in his research notes, so he didnt cite any of the sources in his speech. Which of the following statements best describes Emils situation?

a. Emil is guilty of global plagiarism.

b. Emil is ethical because he used many of his own ideas.

c. Emil is ethical because he started his research early and found good materials.

d. Emil is ethical because he meant to take better notes about his sources.

e. Emil is guilty of incremental plagiarism.

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