Academic Integrity Policy
The Washington Township school district views plagiarism in any form as unethical and unacceptable. In an attempt to maintain academic integrity, students are instructed as to what constitutes plagiarism and how to prevent it through class and IMC lessons. In addition, Turnitin.com, an electronic database which detects plagiarism, is now available for student and staff use. This service prevents and detects plagiarism by comparing submitted papers to pages on the Internet and to its own database of submitted papers within twenty-four hours. To ensure that everyone is aware of the policy and new detection program, please read the examples of plagiarism and the points of this agreement and sign accordingly.
Examples of plagiarism
A. Presenting the entire text of another source (student paper, published
author, editor, database, internet, etc.) as one’s own work
B. Cutting and pasting segments (key words, phrases, sentences, etc.) of text
from another source (see examples in A) and presenting it as one’s own work
C. Buying a paper and presenting it as one’s own work
D. Presenting data and ideas verbatim (word for word) without quotation marks
E. Presenting data and ideas, verbatim or paraphrased, without proper
documentation
F. Providing inaccurate documentation
Points of agreement
A. I have read the above information
B. I understand that there are serious consequences for plagiarism
C. I understand that papers submitted to teachers will be submitted to Turnitin.com if there is any question concerning academic integrity.
Student’s Name (please print) ________________________ Grade ________
Student’s signature _________________________________ Date _________
Parent’s signature __________________________________ Date
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