Darren was asked to document a research paper as part of his final examination. The assignment needed weeks of careful study and experimentation before submission. Having ignored the paper until the day before the submission, he felt that he had no choice but to directly lift material off another research article that he had found on the Internet and present the paper as his own. In other words, Darren is guilty of _____.​

Answer :

Answer:

Darren is guilty of plagiarism.

Explanation:

If Darren submits a research paper that he copied from a research paper that had already been published he will be commiting plagiarism, since he is stealing the words of others and presenting them as his own. In scientific literature, plagiarims also involves presenting another researcher's results as if they were his own. Plagiarism in the scientific community has gained more attention and accountabilty in the past few years, with more strict copyright laws.

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