What is Plagiarism?
-Plagiarism is any use of another person's ideas, phrases, or opinions without giving credit, even if you are paraphrasing these ideas. Another definition of plagiarism is submitting work that is not your own.
-To avoid doing this, you need to make sure you do your own work and give credit to any sources used.
-You don't need to cite common knowledge or personal experiences.
Why is it a big deal?
-Because it involves stealing and lying, academic integrity is a moral issue. You're submitting work that isn't your own and pretending you created it.
-There are very serious consequences for people who are caught plagiaraizing, including failure, suspension, possible effects on college admissions, etc.
-Plagiarism is illegal under the Copyright Act of 1968.
Source: Harris, Robert A. The Plagiarism Handbook. Los Angeles: Pryczak Publishing, 2001. Print.
Take a look at our school's plagiarism section in the student handbook. It provides you with specific examples of plagiarism.
Consequences of Plagiarism at MHS (as outlined in our school's plagiarism brochure)
First violation of academic integrity:
Second violation of academic integrity:
-Plagiarism is any use of another person's ideas, phrases, or opinions without giving credit, even if you are paraphrasing these ideas. Another definition of plagiarism is submitting work that is not your own.
-To avoid doing this, you need to make sure you do your own work and give credit to any sources used.
-You don't need to cite common knowledge or personal experiences.
Why is it a big deal?
-Because it involves stealing and lying, academic integrity is a moral issue. You're submitting work that isn't your own and pretending you created it.
-There are very serious consequences for people who are caught plagiaraizing, including failure, suspension, possible effects on college admissions, etc.
-Plagiarism is illegal under the Copyright Act of 1968.
Source: Harris, Robert A. The Plagiarism Handbook. Los Angeles: Pryczak Publishing, 2001. Print.
Take a look at our school's plagiarism section in the student handbook. It provides you with specific examples of plagiarism.
Consequences of Plagiarism at MHS (as outlined in our school's plagiarism brochure)
First violation of academic integrity:
- The teacher will conference with the student.
- The assistant principals will be informed of this violation of academic integrity.
- Should the conference result in a determination that academic integrity has been violated, the student will receive a grade of 50% for that entire assessment or assignment. If the student would have scored lower than 50% on the assessment or assignment, then the student will receive the lower of the two grades.
- The teacher will communicate with the student’s parent(s) and/or guardian(s) to report the incident.
- This academic-integrity violation will be documented by the assistant principal, who will contact the honor societies as needed.
Second violation of academic integrity:
- All steps from the first violation of academic integrity will be followed, including the teacher-student conference. If the conference results in a determination that academic integrity has been violated, the student will receive a score of zero for that assessment or assignment.