Family Handbook 2018-19

Academic Honesty and Integrity 

Philosophy of Academic Honesty and Integrity  When students exhibit academic honesty, their learning and achievements can be assessed fairly  and accurately and the integrity and ethical conduct of the academic community is maintained.  Academic honesty means presenting your own learning, knowledge and skills while also properly  acknowledging your use of all forms of intellectual and creative expression and contributions   of others.  Academic dishonesty is a type of fraud (an attempt to deceive) and can take several forms. It is a  serious offence in all educational institutions and elsewhere in society (in copyright law, for  example). It may carry severe penalties, ranging from receiving zero on an assignment or test, to  failure in a course or even to expulsion from school. Some common forms of academic dishonesty  include, but are not limited to:  Cheating  Cheating is gaining an unfair advantage during tests and exams by bringing and consulting with  unauthorized material during the testing period or by communicating with another student during  or after the test to gain an unfair advantage. Cheating also occurs when you copy another student’s  work and submit it as your own.   Plagiarism  Plagiarism means using another person’s ideas or expressions in your submitted work without  acknowledging the source. In effect, you are fraudulently presenting the ideas of others as your  own. Plagiarism, then, constitutes intellectual theft. In completing academic work, it can become  very easy to plagiarize even if you did not intend to. It is very important that you become  knowledgeable of the many forms of plagiarism (for students in Grade 7 and above, see “Avoiding  Plagiarism” and “Documenting Sources” in your   Little, Brown Book ).  

Last Updated August 17, 2018 Havergal College Family Handbook 2018–19

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