1. P OLICIES ON P LAGIARISM AND A CADEMIC I NTEGRITY

2. W HAT IS A CADEMIC I NTEGRITY ? Academic integrity is defined as being a firm adherence to a code or standard of values. It is a commitment on the part of the students, faculty and staff, even in the face of adversity, to five fundamental values: Honesty Truth Respect Fairness Responsibility

3. S CHOLASTIC D ISHONESTY : W HAT C ONSTITUTES S CHOLASTIC D ISHONESTY Cheating Copying another's test or assignment. Communication with another during an exam or assignment (i.e. written, oral or otherwise). Giving or seeking aid from another when not permitted by the instructor. Possessing or using unauthorized materials during the test. Buying, using, stealing, transporting, or soliciting a test, draft of a test, or answer key. Plagiarism Using someone else's work in your assignment without appropriate acknowledgement. Making slight variations in the language and then failing to give credit to the source. Collusion Without authorization, collaborating with another when preparing an assignment.

4. I NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY Inaccurate or Incomplete Citation of Sources “If you use a paraphrase that’s too close to the original wording or sentence structure (even if you cite the source), if you leave out the parenthetical reference for a quotation (even if you include the quotation marks themselves), or if you don’t indicate clearly the source of an idea you obviously did not come up with on your own, you may be accused of plagiarism” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, 521). If you summarize make sure that you use a parenthetical citation at the end to give due credit to the original author.

5. W HEN SHOULD I CITE ? To appropriately acknowledge someone else's work. Cite someone else's ideas opinions facts theories graphs written word statistics drawings paraphrase of spoken word spoken word paraphrase of written word other papers you have published

6. E XCEPTIONS TO P LAGIARISM Do not cite the following: Common knowledge (i.e. Obama is the President of the United States). If you are unsure if something is common knowledge, then you should cite your source. Facts available from a wide variety of sources (Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 1941) Also your own findings from field research (interviews you do, surveys you conducted, observations, experiments you have done)

7. W HAT CAN OCCUR … Automatic failure of the course Suspension from UTA for one year

8. E XERCISE Spend 15-20 minutes jotting your ideas about intellectual property and plagiarism. Where do you stand, for example, on the issue of music file- sharing? On downloading movies? Do you think these forms of intellectual property should be protected under copyright law? How do you define your intellectual property, and in what ways and under what conditions are you willing to share it? Finally, come up with your own definition of academic integrity?