Which practice is about giving credit to original authors for their work?

• A. Fair Attribution
• B. Intellectual Property
• C. Citation Styles
• D. Educational Settings

Answer: (A)

Giving credit to original authors for their work is called fair attribution. It directly describes the practice of acknowledging sources when you use someone’s ideas, words, or creations, so readers can see who contributed and where to find the original material. This keeps scholarly work honest and helps prevent plagiarism, while also giving authors the recognition they deserve.

Intellectual property is about legal ownership and rights over works, not the everyday act of citing or crediting sources. Citation styles are the formatting systems used to present those credits consistently, but they’re tools for organizing attribution rather than the act itself. Educational settings refer to where such practices occur, not the action of crediting.