Academic Irresponsibility

This term is used to designate a wide range of academic conduct which violates trust, honor, and integrity. It includes cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, misuse of computing facilities, and general misconduct which precludes one's work or that of another from being judged fairly

  • Cheating
    -- to deceive by presenting material on an exam or assignment as known when it is not known.
  • Fabrication
    -- to deceive by falsifying information or inventing data.
  • Plagiarism
    -- the act of using another person's ideas or expressions in your writing without acknowledging the source.
  • Academic Misconduct
    -- behavior which precludes one's work or that of another from being judged fairly.
  • Misuse of Computing Facilities
    -- "violations of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy, unauthorized access, trade secret, and copyright violations…" (Educom/ADAPSO code)