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If one wants plagiarism and academic misconduct to be addressed fairly and consistently, there must be good definitions available that are more or less universally agreed upon. This is where the trouble begins, as there are numerous definitions in English that focus on different aspects of the problem.
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Weber-Wulff, D. (2014). Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct. In: False Feathers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39961-9_2
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