UNV 101: Miami University Regional Libraries: Academic Integrity & Plagiarism

Cheating using or attempting to use or possessing any aid, information, resources, or means in the completion of an academic assignment that are not explicitly permitted by the instructor or providing such assistance to another student.

Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to:

• Possessing, referring to, or using in any way unauthorized textbooks, notes, study aids, websites, crib/cheat sheets, or other information during an academic assignment, in paper, electronic, or other format;
• Possessing, referring to, or using in any way unauthorized electronic devices or other materials during an academic assignment;
• Looking at or using information from another student’s work during an academic assignment;
• Receiving answers, information, or materials from another individual in any academic assignment when not explicitly permitted by the instructor;
• Utilizing or soliciting another person to complete any portion of an academic assignment in place of oneself or submitting the work of another person as one’s own;
• Submitting the identical or substantially the same assignment or portions thereof to fulfill the requirements for two or more courses without approval of the instructors involved, including when repeating a course; or submitting the identical or substantially the same assignment or portions thereof from a previously completed course to fulfill the requirements for another course without the approval of the instructor of the latter course; or submitting the identical or substantially the same assignment or portions thereof to fulfill the requirements for two or more academic assignments within a course without the approval of the instructor;

Plagiarism is the use of another's words or ideas without appropriate acknowledgment, such as copying someone else's work and turning it in as your own.

Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to:

• Submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one’s own work without accurate and appropriate citations and attribution (including appropriate use of quotation marks);
• Using the words, ideas, or structure/sequence of another person or source without accurate and appropriate citation and attribution (including the appropriate use of quotation marks);
• Submitting material using translation software/devices without permission from the instructor.

Fabrication is the falsification, invention, or manipulation of any information, citation, data, or method.

Fabrication can include, but are not limited to:

• Changing material on a graded academic assignment and requesting re-grading for that assignment;
• Presenting false or invented information in any academic assignment;
• Presenting false claims regarding how information or data was collected or generated;
• Providing an inaccurate account of how information or data was collected or generated;
• Inventing, inaccurately presenting, or manipulating data and/or its outcomes;
• Inventing or inaccurately presenting citations or sources.
• Changing or manipulating any grade or evaluation.

Unauthorized collaboration is working with another individual or individuals in any phase of or in the completion of an individual academic assignment without explicit permission from the instructor to complete the work in such a manner.

Misrepresentation is falsely representing oneself or one’s efforts or abilities in an academic assignment.

Examples of misrepresentation include, but are not limited to:

• Utilizing another person to complete any portion of an academic assignment in place of one’s self;
• Having another individual sign-in for a course or use an iClicker or other electronic device to record one’s presence or participation in a class;
• Signing another student’s name or using an iClicker or other electronic device to record another’s presence or participation in a class or on an academic assignment;
• Another student’s name on a group project for credit when that student did not contribute to the work;
• Including one’s own name on a group project when one did not contribute significantly to the work or thereby claiming credit for work completed by another group member.
• Including unacknowledged sources or citations in an academic assignment.