Plagiarism is the inclusion of someone else's product, words, ideas, or
data as one's own work. When a student submits work for credit
that includes the product, words, ideas, or data of others, the
source must be acknowledged by the use of complete, accurate,
and specific references, such as footnotes .... By placing one's
name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the
originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate
acknowledgments.
On written assignments, if verbatim statements are included,
the statements must be enclosed by quotation marks or set off
from regular text as indented extracts.
A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is
an acknowledgment of indebtedness. Indebtedness must be acknowledged
whenever:
1. one quotes another person's actual words or replicates all
or part of another's product;
2. one uses another person's ideas, opinions, work, data, or
theories, even if they are completely paraphrased in one's own
words;
3. one borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials--unless the information is common knowledge.
Unauthorized collaboration with others on papers or projects
can inadvertently lead to a charge of plagiarism. If in doubt,
consult the instructor or seek assistance from the staff of Academic Learning Services (68 PLC, 346-3226). In addition, it is plagiarism to submit
as your own any academic exercise ... prepared totally or in
part by another. Plagiarism also includes submitting work in
which portions were substantially produced by someone acting
as a tutor or editor.
Papers or projects suspected of having been plagiarized will
be investigated. Students found to have stolen, borrowed, or
otherwise wrongfully appropriated the work of others will be
subject to the full disciplinary consequences permitted by law
and by the University.
Be sure to investigate http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~stl/brochure.htm for more details on plagiarism, academic integrity, fabrication,
cheating, academic misconduct, and what students can do to protect
themselves from being charged with academic dishonesty.