Copying and pasting someone's work or idea and calling it your own is intolerable, otherwise known as plagiarism. Plagiarism is characterized as thievery which is a serious offense and is taken just as seriously as other violations. Plagiarism can range from copying the work or idea word for word, to only changing every other word; so be very careful when paraphrasing. It's imperative that you do what you can to avoid plagiarism, such as being discreet when taking notes from a source and making the citation obvious to make sure it is clearly separated from your words and your quote. Yet no matter what the reason may be, writers have the right to their ideas and should be acknowledged by putting in quotation marks and siting the source of the information.
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