MSBs Academic Dishonesty Policy

This is the academic dishonesty policy printed on all master syllabi. Please make sure you go
over this with your students on the first day of class. Also, please take the time to clarify with
your students what academic dishonesty means in your class. Never assume students know.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Academic dishonesty includes cheating on tests or assignments, submitting work completed by others, using
the same work to fulfill requirements for multiples classes or plagiarizing. Plagiarism is defined as committing
literary theft by attempting to pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own without crediting the source
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize). All completed work must be in the students own
words and must cite the source of the idea where applicable.
Results of an academic dishonesty finding:
Any student who acts dishonestly will be required to meet with the dean of students and will be subject to one
of the following actions:
A grade of zero for the work in question
A failing grade for the course
Expulsion from school
Multiple findings of academic dishonesty will lead to increasing levels of sanctions up to and including
permanent expulsion from school. If a student wishes to appeal disciplinary actions such as these, he or she
must follow the grievance policy found in the student handbook and in the school catalog.

Suggestions for Your Addendum

In your Instructors Addendum for each course, its a good idea to spell out for students what you consider
plagiarism and what you do not. For example, this is what Michelle includes in her addenda to clarify
plagiarism and academic dishonesty for her students:

Work Originality
Students are expected to write their essays and assignments during this quarter. You may NOT
use papers you wrote for other classes or in previous writing classes or in previous attempts to
pass this class.
All essays, research papers, homework assignments, journal entries, in-class assignments, and
other work assigned must be written during this quarter.
You may not use a paper from another class during this quarter in this class or use a paper from
this class in another course without the written permission of all instructors involved.
Please note: Only the argumentative research paper in this class requires research. I strongly encourage
you to write from your own experiences for the other papers in order to avoid plagiarism. If you do
choose to do research for one of the other essays, you are expected to use proper APA citation and
references even though we will not have gone over them together in class yet.
Academic Dishonesty
Students are expected to do their own work on all class assignments and write using their own words and
ideas, not the words and ideas of others. In this class, plagiarism and cheating include but are not limited to
the following:
1. Copying a phrase, sentence, paragraph, or essay from another source (such as the Internet or a
book) without putting quotation marks around what you copied.
2. Putting quotation marks around quoted material but failing to give the citation and reference
information of where the information came from.
3. Including reference information at the end of a paper but not including in-text citations to show
what sentences or pieces of information came from each source.
4. Researching information (such as looking up information on the Internet) and using that
information in your paper without using proper APA citation.
5. Using information or ideas from any source without giving the proper in-text citation.
6. Putting your name on an assignment someone else did.
7. Having the exact same wording on any part of an assignment as another student when the
assignment called for original thought.
8. Cutting and pasting sentences from the piece your read and putting those sentences together to form
a summary paragraph without using quotation marks or proper APA citation.
9. Using a paper you wrote in a previous attempt to pass this class or in another class without
Michelles express permission to do so.
All your major papers this quarter will be checked for plagiarism. If you plagiarize, your grade and your
student record will suffer.
Per the Globe University/Minnesota School of Business Student Handbook page 132, students who are
found to have acted dishonestly academically will be required to meet with the dean of students and be
subject to one of the following actions:
A grade of zero for the work in question
A failing grade for the course
Expulsion from school.

SafeAssign
Within CampusConnect you have the ability to run students papers through a plagiarism checker. However,
the papers have to be submitted electronically. Please see the attached directions about how to run a paper
through SafeAssign.

MSB Plymouths Procedure for Handling Plagiarism

Before plagiarism happens:
1. Before you assign any paper, be sure to go over what plagiarism is with your students.
2. Make your expectations very clear of what you consider plagiarism (and what is not) in the paper you
have assigned.
3. Set up the due date so that you will have time to grade the papers and talk to the students before or no
later than the last class meeting.
4. Run the papers through SafeAssign in CampusConnect. (Directions are included to show you how to
operate SafeAssign.)
5. Check the SafeAssign report for each paper that is turned in.
If you believe a paper is plagiarized:
1. Feel free to speak with the DOF if you need help reading or interpreting the SafeAssign report or
determining if something is plagiarized.
2. If you determine that the student has plagiarized, it is your job as the instructor to meet with the
student.
Meet with the student:
1. Print out the paper, SafeAssign report, and any other documentation of the plagiarism in advance.
Have one copy of the paper and any documentation to give the student, another identical copy to give
the Dean of Students, and another copy for your own records.
2. Set up a time to meet with the student privately such as before or after class or during a break.
3. Meet with the student in person and explain why you consider the paper plagiarized.
4. Tell the student he or she will be receiving a zero on the paper because it was plagiarized.
5. Tell the student you will be reporting the incident to the Dean of Students.
6. Give the student his/her copy of the documentation.
After meeting with the student:
1. Give the student a zero in CampusConnect for that particular assignment.
2. Put the documentation in the Dean of Students mailbox. E-mail or speak with the Dean of Students to
inform her of what you have already talked about with the student.
3. Treat the student normally after the incident, even if youre angry. Remember, not everyone who
plagiarizes does so maliciously, and some dont plagiarize intentionally. This is a learning opportunity
for the student.