Academic Dishonesty

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Copying someone else's words without documenting source of information Copying someone else's thoughts without documenting source of information Copying someone else's ideas without documenting source of information Using a term someone else has coined without documenting source of information Taking material out of context Turning a paper into two classes without the permission of both instructors Turning in someone else's paper as your own Steal a research idea Citing a source which you did not consult Using someone else's paper as an outline Using other people's notes/tapes so as not to attend class Cheating Copying test answers Using unauthorized materials during an exam Falsifying data Reading cliff notes or a condensed book instead of reading the assigned material. Watching a movie instead of reading the book Preventing access Not returning library books Ripping pages out of books, journals, or magazines which are meant for public access Limiting access to research subjects Stealing research Stealing test answers Conflict of interest Not getting informed consent Bypassing checks and balances Nepotism Sabotage Moving pins during lab exam Hurting someone's experiment Providing incorrect answers to someone else's survey/experiment Signing your name to a publication to which you did not contribute

Steven L. Berg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and History
Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty
Livonia, MI 48152
734-462-4400
sberg@schoolcraft.edu

This page was last updated on 4 November 2007.