Policies
and Definitions
Policies
Students should familiarize
themselves with their respective codes of conduct for
the College and
the Graduate
School. That plagiarism and fabrication of data are
addressed in the first article of each code should convey
the centrality of these issues to your intellectual pursuits
within an academic environment.
To learn more about academic integrity, click here The
Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity (from
CAI).
Definitions
Academic dishonesty may take a number of forms. The most
basic definition of it is any claim within or about your
research and scholarship that is not true. Below are defined
some of the most prevalent forms of academic dishonesty.
Plagiarism
The failure, whether intentional or not, to cite one's
sources properly is referred to as plagiarism. Webster's
Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines the act of plagiarizing
as follows:
Plagiarize vb: to steal and pass
off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own
: use (a created production) without crediting the source
~ vi : to commit literary theft : present as new and
original an idea or product derived from an existing
source.
We are required to cite any instance
in which we have either directly quoted or indirectly
drawn upon and benefited from the works and ideas of
others. This requirement applies equally to all of the
work that we do, whether a paper or an exam for a course,
a presentation in class or at a conference, a manuscript
for publication, or any other scholarly work. Failing
to credit the influence of existing research and scholarship
on one's own work is tantamount to theft. It is particularly
important to note that the Internet is subject to the
same rules that govern other sources. It is not somehow
free or different from any other source that must be
cited if used.
Plagiarism, whether deliberate or
through negligence or ignorance, is a serious violation
of conduct at both the College and the Graduate School,
and, indeed, in any environment that values integrity,
respect and fairness. Our commitment to creative scholarly
work carries with it explicit and implicit commitments
to documenting the sources of existing ideas and statements
that appear in our own work. By planning ahead, being
honest, and exercising patience, plagiarism is easy
to avoid.
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