Plagiarism? YES!!!!

Many people know that there aren’t much benefits of plagiarism, but I will be analyzing it in much detail, so that everyone will be able to weigh the benefits and disadvantages of plagiarism fairly. I shall start off with a cliche question, what is the definition of plagiarism? Plagiarism is defined as "the use of anyone else’s words or ideas without assigning proper credit to their original source."

This includes:
• Assembling parts from various works and submitting the assignment or assessment paper as your own creation.
• Fabricating data from other students’ assignments or assessments and using for the students own advantage.
• Using materials from the Internet without full acknowledgement and proper referencing.

Now, we all know that plagiarism, the utterly reprehensible act of using the thoughts of another, reaping the rewards of that use, and then, not even providing the source of the information, is an officially bad thing. But, let us look at it from the point of view of the plagiarist. There are many different benefits of being a plagiarist, but I am not trying to encourage everyone here to plagiarise, such as time saving, the build-up of the esteem of colleagues, and better self-confidence.
Time saving is a benefit of plagiarism. When the time that is allocated to you is not spent on assignments or questions that will not help you in your long-term, or your career when you start to work, the time can be used in other areas. Time can be saved from doing duplicated research on things or events of what others have already done. The time will not be wasted if it can be spent in other more worthwhile pursuits like honing your skills that will be needed in your dream job or doing some CIP. Also, time management skills can also be improved from plagiarism when the plagiarist spends his or her time wisely on other areas of improvement.
Esteem of colleagues or friends will also be built. This is because many friends would like clever or smart people. Friends and colleagues would also like to make friends with people who can meet the assignment or work deadlines with much efficiency and dispatch while still keeping abreast with the current news or situation. Many people would respect you more and honour you. By that time that happens, your home will be your friends, your work will be your resource that you rely on for answers.

Better self-confidence can also be built upon the foundation of your low self-esteem before you start plagiarizing, without the acknowledgement of your source. By plagiarizing, you will get better in your answers, with better results. By plagiarizing, you will have a higher expectation of yourself and also better self-confidence that is built upon the foundation of your own self-esteem. By having a higher self-confidence, you will believe in yourself more and thus, in the end, you will exude confidence in different ways, such as through presentations, through the socializing with your friends and also when trying to gain the support of your friends or colleagues. Not only so, it can also prove to be a good platform in which weaker students can learn from.

There are also other uses of plagiarizing, which is being efficient and being able to target at your needs, some examples include,

1) speechwriters writing speech for politicians, When a politician, famous sports figure, business executive, or movie star gives a speech or writes a book or newspaper column, frequently the actual writing is done by someone else. Sometimes, in books, this is acknowledged, as in the case of The Autobiography of Malcolm X written by "Malcolm X with the assistance of Alex Haley" (X, 1965).

2) Another and even more common misrepresentation of authorship occurs in bureaucracies, including government, corporate, church and trade union bureaucracies. Work that is done by junior workers is commonly signed by higher officials. The official justification is that the person whose name goes on a document is organizationally responsible for that work, but they also are commonly considered to be "responsible" in terms of gaining credit for doing the work, especially by outsiders.

3) For example, in parliamentary systems, a minister is an elected parliamentarian in charge of a government department. When someone writes a letter to a minister, they receive in reply a letter from the minister which is almost always written by someone in the department and seldom seen by the minister at all. The letter writer seldom thinks of the interaction as having been one with a junior bureaucrat.

Making professional friends is also possible when you start to plagiarize. This is also shown through CopyScape, that when you start to plagiarize, you will be able to make close acquaintanceship with your colleagues or friends which are essential in your everyday lives, in the office, in school or while having a meal together. Acquaintances can also be formed while meeting up with lawyers, friends or people of high importance by impressing them with your knowledge of the current topic at hand. In that way, You will be able to make close friends with professionals and probably even garner their support in the long run.

As for an evolution, you may be wondering what I mean by that. The plagiarist will teach his or her children the advantages of plagiarising, and it will continue down from one generation to another. They will teach their children that it is completely acceptable to misuse the property of others, be it in Powerpoint slides, office documents or other media, especially if you can do so without going through the pesky details such as acknowledging your source of information or the permission of the owner. The children will learn from young how to plagiarise and learn better time management.

Thank you.