Consider the following situations. Choose TWO situations and decide whether or not an academic integrity violation has occurred. Indicate a "yes" or "no" if the situation constitutes a case of plagiarism. You should also include some strategies on how to avoid the particular situation.
- You are working on a computer lab at a public work station. You finish your work, save it on the desktop. Another student in your class comes along, finds your file and turns it in as her own. Are you guilty of academic dishonesty?
- Jane is taking ENG 101 and MAT 101. Jane is stressed to complete her Module 5 English Case assignment. She spends hours researching her topic of interest and locates several journal articles to help her prepare for the essay. Since she is trying to submit her math assignments as well and has limited time, she decides to incorporate different sections of the journal articles into some of her written work without using citations. She also paraphrases some of the sources used but fails to appropriately cite the information.
- Your Math professor allows collaboration on homework assignments and encourages study groups but still expects you to submit your own work. You and two friends discuss the problem and work through it together. Portions of your final work are identical, but that should be okay, since most of the work is your own.