Academic Honesty

Video credit:College Cheating Story – posted by Maddie Garret on YouTube

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Which of the following is considered academic dishonesty?
- Copying and pasting a wikipedia article to your assignment
- Paraphrasing an academic article without citation
- Handling the same term paper for two courses without getting permission
Copying and pasting a wikipedia article without citation is academic dishonesty, which will have negative consequences. See the question below to learn more.
You will still need to cite even if you paraphrase an academic article. Paraphrasing an article without citation will have negative consequences. See the question below to learn more.
This is also considered academic dishonesty. You will need to get permission from faculty if you are planning on handling in the same term paper or even choosing the same topic.
What are the consequences of academic dishonesty?
- You may be kicked out of your university
- Your will fail the course
- You will not have a good learning experience
All universities including UBC take academic misconduct very seriously. Take a look at UBC's policy of Academic Misconduct
Not only will you will fail the course, you may even be kicked out of the university. All universities including UBC take academic misconduct very seriously. Take a look at UBC's policy of Academic Misconduct
Writing a research paper allows you to explore and understand course topics. If you decide to plagiarize, you will not only lose the opportunity to learn, but may also be expelled from your university.
How can you avoid plagiarism?
- Get started early
- When you paraphrase, credit the author that you got the idea from
- It's impossible to avoid plagarism.
Getting started early with your term paper will not only help you avoid situations that may tempt you into plagiarizing, but will also make you less stressed. You can try using the Assignment Calculator which is a free tool that helps you manage your time.
Yes! Make sure you credit the author when you paraphrase the author's idea. Tools such as Refworks can help you to manage your citation easily.
No it's not! Take a look at the academic integrity resources provided by the UBC Learning Commons to learn how you can avoid plagiarism.

Explore

The internet makes it easier to cheat, but it’s also easier to be caught. Do you really want to end up like Laura Krishna (not her real name), preserved on the web forever in the act of being dishonest? (PS. It’s not very hard to find her real name either)

You know you can buy papers online from “essay mills” – many of these sites even buy papers from students for other students to purchase.
You may even know where to go to find “live answers” to graduate school admission tests like the GMAT, LSAT and MCAT.
It’s so tempting to copy and paste information from websites and online articles into your own essay.

Think before you ink
Remember that your profs and TAs are experts at spotting plagiarized work! It’s easy for them to tell if a student is handing in something that they haven’t written themselves. Finding the origin of the plagiarized sentence is just a couple of searches away – believe it or not, profs and TAs can cut and paste too! It’s also easy to think that academic dishonesty only occurs when you cheat on a test, or copy a complete paper, but that isn’t the case.

Types of Plagiarism

Direct – Word for word copying of someone else’s work.
Self – Believe it or not, you can plagiarize yourself. Once you have submitted a piece of work for a class, you cannot use the same work again, unless the teacher gives you explicit permission.
Mosaic – Copying a part of a sentence, or forgetting to reference a quotation. This also occurs if you copy a sentence from another piece of work and then replace only one or two words with synonyms.

Even if you don’t run into a comedy blogger like Laura did, cutting and pasting without attribution is going to get you into a world of trouble! Some examples of recent UBC cases of academic misconduct. And if you aren’t sure how to cite your sources, check out UBC library’s citation guide.

Know your resources:

Have a look at UBC’s Policies for Academic Misconduct.
UBC subscribes to Turnitin.com, online software that scans student essays and checks them for originality.
UBC’s Learning Commons has resources to help you learn about academic honesty at UBC.

Discuss

The Digital Tattoo Project encourages critical discussion on topics surrounding digital citizenship and online identity. There are no correct answers and every person will view these topics from a different perspective. Be sure to complete the previous sections before answering the questions.

How has the digital age impacted cheating?
Do you think that penalties for academic dishonesty should be more severe, or more lenient than they currently are?
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