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Plagiarism
is a big deal for everyone in academia but students are
the most at risk. Every student should know what plagiarism
is, how it differs from copyright and what the consequences
of plagiarism are.
- Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's work.
Plain and simple.
- Plagiarism is similar to copyright in that both involve
the theft of intellectual property.
- Plagiarism is wrong, unethical, may be grounds for
expulsion and, under certain circumstances, may even
be criminal.
The Student
Code of Conduct and Statement of Judicial Procedures establishes a common framework for each of the universities
within the CSU System to address Academic Misconduct.
In “Part III: Prohibited Conduct, ” the code defines Academic
Misconduct as all forms of cheating and plagiarism.
Here "plagiarism" is defined
as "presenting, as one's own, the ideas or words
of another person, for academic evaluation, without proper
acknowledgment." Plagiarism includes, but is not
limited to:
- copying sentences, phrases, paragraphs, tables,
figures, or data directly or in slightly modified
form from a book, article, or other academic source
without using quotation marks or giving proper acknowledgment
to the original author or source;
- copying information from Internet Web sites and
submitting it as one's own work;
- buying papers for the purpose of turning them in
as one's own work; and
- selling or lending papers to another person for
submission by that other person, for academic evaluation,
as his or her own work.
Items 3 and 4 also can carry legal consequences.
They are explicitly addressed in CT State Law under Chapter
949b Academic
Crimes (Sec. 53-392b) “No person shall prepare, offer
to prepare, cause to be prepared, sell or offer for sale
any term paper … or other assignment knowing … that said
assignment is intended for submission … under the name
of a student other than the author….”
Several of the CSUS universities have developed
informational materials regarding plagiarism and document
the judicial review processes and resulting consequences.
Eastern Connecticut State University in particular provides
a robust examination of plagiarism and its consequences.
Links to these resources are provided below:
CCSU:
Policy on Academic Misconduct
ECSU:
Plagiarism: A Guide for ECSU Students and Faculty with
Policy on Academic Integrity
SCSU:
Buley Library Plagiarism Page
WCSU:
Plagiarism and How to Avoid It |
