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What is academic integrity?

Students, faculty, and the administration … must be involved to ensure this quality of academic conduct. Academic misconduct undermines the purpose of education. Academic misconduct can generally be defined as all acts of dishonesty in an academic or related matter. UAB Academic Honor Code

Violations of the UAB Academic Honor Code are punishable by a range of penalties, from receiving a failing grade on an assignment to an F in the course to dismissal. UAB

Academic dishonesty includes Abetting Cheating Fabrication Misrepresentation Plagiarism

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Plagiarism is defined as … : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : to use (another's production) without crediting the source : “Literary theft” : to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source - Miriam Webster’s Online Dictionary

Types of plagiarism Intentional Unintentional

Plagiarism can be … Turning in someone else’s work as your own Copying words and ideas without giving credit Failing to put quotation marks around quoted material “Recycling” your own work Providing incorrect citation information Changing the words but copying the sentence structure

Why do you cite?

Always give credit where due Read and understand the source Paraphrase and avoid copying sentence structure Keep a research log (print or electronic) Make a copy of source citations Avoiding Plagiarism