Talk:Plagiarism/@comment-94.75.73.228-20110226101303/@comment-141.161.149.6-20110226120319

Plagiarism is defined by the LSE regulations on assessment offenses as follows: "All work for classes and seminars as well as scripts (which include, for example, essays, dissertations and any other work, including computer programs) must be the student's own work. Quotations must be placed properly within quotation marks or indented and must be cited fully. All paraphrased material must be acknowledged. Infringing this requirement, whether deliberately or not, or passing off the work of others as the work of the student, whether deliberately or not, is plagiarism."

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/RegulationsOnAssessmentOffences-Plagiarism.htm

It makes is very clear that paraphrasing **without attribution** constitutes plagiarism. I work at a university and have dealt with many cases of plagiarism. Students rarely plagiarize by directly copying ("ctrl c ctrl v" as you put it) since it's so easy for us to detect. Most cases involve paraphrasing instead. There is no excuse for this however. My university, just like LSE, has clear rules in place which indicate that this still plagiarism, and students are reminded of this frequently.