Academic Integrity & Plagiarism

Resources for learning about Academic Integrity & Plagiarism:

• The MLA Style Center, Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty
• UofA Library, Tutorials on Citing & Plagiarism
• MacEwan University, Defining (Academic) Integrity
• MacEwan University Library, Avoiding Plagiarism
• Harvard University, Avoiding Plagiarism

As defined by CUE's Academic Calendar, 9.2.5 Academic Honesty - Section C. Academic Dishonesty:

"Plagiarism is the use of the ideas, structures of argument, or phrases of others without appropriate acknowledgment."

Appropriate acknowledgement must be given when information is:

• Re-written in the student's own words (paraphrasing)
• Copied directly from the source and put in quotation marks (quoting)

"Cheating on tests includes, but is not limited to:

• conduct such as unauthorized communication with others;
• unauthorized use of any materials or resources;
• attempting to use other student’s work;
• enabling other students to use the student’s work.

Cheating on written assignments includes, but is not limited to:

• the representation of substantial editorial or compositional assistance as the student’s own work."

As defined by CUE's Academic Calendar, 9.2.5 Academic Honesty - Section C. Academic Dishonesty.

"Collusion involves more than one individual cooperating to:

• cheat,
• plagiarize,
• or misrepresent.

A student who assists someone else in academic dishonesty is equally guilty of the dishonesty. Unauthorized collaboration between individuals in preparing materials submitted for assessment is collusion.

In cases of group work, students are responsible for carefully observing the instructor’s guidelines about shared and individual responsibility for assignments."

As defined by CUE's Academic Calendar, 9.2.5 Academic Honesty - Section C. Academic Dishonesty.

"This offence occurs when:

• the student submits for credit in a course any work (even though it may be completely original with the student) of which all or a substantial portion has been or is being submitted for credit in another course.

The written approval of both the original and the current instructor must be obtained in advance before work is submitted for credit under these circumstances."

As defined by CUE's Academic Calendar, 9.2.5 Academic Honesty - Section C. Academic Dishonesty.

"Misrepresentation includes a broad range of other modes of academic dishonesty, such as:

• providing false statements
• impersonating another student on a test
• and falsification of data"

As defined by CUE's Academic Calendar, 9.2.5 Academic Honesty - Section C. Academic Dishonesty.