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B. the importance and significance of intellectual honesty
Plagiarism is a very serious academic offense that deals with both the legal and
ethical issues of using someone elses work without proper citation or attribution
(Librero L., 2010).As seen it is highly probable that most, if not all are not aware of
committing such a crime. One may reason out that it is seemingly accepted because of
the ignorance of most authorities to judge and condemn any riskers.
However, despite this clear evidence of amorality among the public, one must
consider that some still have the audacity of committing such a crime regardless of
being aware of its provisions, thinking that everyone does it anyway, and it could not be
avoided because of the open sources we could easily access nowadays.
It is essential to note that even if the public consider these alibis as sufficient
claims to back your reasons as to why plagiarism was committed, one must still
consider the importance of the seemingly ill-used intellectual honesty.
The capability and responsibility of anyone to adopt amongst them that ethical
respect for the intangible property any other individual may have created should always
be considered, thus the presence of R.A 8293 The Intellectual Property Code of the
Philippines. We are then guided by these provisions to act accordingly and ethically in
the manners of studies and citations of credited authors of different sources.
The presence of this Republic Act, however is greatly unnoticed by the majority
therefore its significance to intellectual honesty is tarnished, hopefully, temporarily.
As creators or users of our minds, we must understand that the presence of the
Republic Act 8293 does not limit the supposed perception of how we must comprehend
the importance of intellectual honesty. We are required to protect our own, be it
intangible materials or not. Admittedly, the protection of intellectual ideas or outputs is
difficult to attain, we should stand by it. The public must be made aware of their rights as
owners of these outputs.
Another essential aspect might be the preserve the morality of the people. The
students nowadays are unaware of the amorality of their actions and as Dr. Lex Librero

has stated, they unconsciously commit this crime. We must therefore inform the future
generations as to what they might unwittingly become plagiarists.
Librero argues that once an individual commits plagiarism, and then faced with
the positive outcomes of this crime, one has the tendency to repeat such act and result
to being a plagiarist. Students undeniably are victims of such temptations of short cuts
through the academic success. This might lead to the influence of other susceptible
others to commit such a crime too. Members of the academe must learn the value of
intellectual honesty so as to respect the rights of others.
In conclusion, Plagiarism is a crime that is not commonly adhered to and usually
ignored in the view that other laws are of greater importance. However, this is not true,
the mere thought of stealing of materials, be it intangible or not, still deserve equal
considerations. Despite of the importance of abiding by the law and such, we must
consider the bigger ordeal of the consequences if plagiarism might not be heeded. The
sense of morality and respect would then be tarnished in the view that since everyone
must be doing so, especially promulgated by the media Sottos case then it is highly
acceptable well in fact it is not. The sense of amorality or even immorality might grow
deeper in depth and become indispensible that would lead the world on the verge of
utmost intellectual honesty deprivation.