Family Handbook 2019-20

Academic Honesty and Integrity

Philosophy 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 occurs when students present their own learning, knowledge and skills while also properly acknowledging their 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 may carry severe penalties, ranging from receiving a zero on an assessment or test, to failure in a course or even 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 students copy the work of others and submit it as their own. ● Plagiarism: ​ Plagiarism is using the ideas or expressions of others in submitted work without acknowledging the source, thereby fraudulently presenting other people’s ideas as one’s own. Plagiarism constitutes intellectual theft. While completing academic work, it can become easy to plagiarize even if students do not intend to. At Havergal, teachers help students develop the skills necessary to properly reference source material. ● Self-plagiarism: ​ Self-plagiarism occurs when a student submits assessments that have been completed, submitted, and assessed for another course. A student who would like to rework a paper submitted for another course must ask permission to do so.

Last Edited: August 20, 2019 Havergal College Family Handbook 2019–20

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