Based on my reading of ch. 12 in the KU Guide to Successful Writing, pages 121-142. We need to cite our sources, because if we do not we are taking credit for something someone else thought of or did. By doing this we could end up having a lawsuit against us. I for one would not be able to handle a lawsuit against me. I have never heard of citing my source before I attended Kaplan University. There are so many details that go with the medical field and in life in general that I did not understand. Even still I do not know until I started school with Kaplan. Plagiarism is not a way to go. You are taking ideas or thoughts and the credit away from the one who did it, and saying it as your own.

Thank you,
Rachel Brawley