PLAGIARISM AND ACADEMIC CHEATING

Temple University believes strongly in academic honesty and integrity. Plagiarism and academic cheating are therefore prohibited. Essential to intellectual growth is the development of independent thought and a respect for the thoughts of others. The prohibition against plagiarism and cheating is intended to foster this independence and respect.

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another person's labor, another person's ideas, another person's words, another person's assistance. Normally, all work done for courses (papers, examinations, homework exercises, laboratory reports, oral presentations, etc.) is expected to be the individual effort to the student presenting the work. Any assistance must be reported to the instructor. If the work has entailed consulting other resources (journals, books or other media), these resources must be cited in a manner appropriate to the course. It is the instructor's responsibility to indicate the appropriate manner of citation.

Everything used from other sources - suggestions for organization of ideas, ideas themselves or actual language - must be cited. Failure to cite borrowed material constitutes plagiarism. Academic cheating is, generally, the thwarting or breaking of the general rules of academic work or the specific rules of individual courses. It includes falsifying data, submitting, without the instructor's approval, work in one course which was done for another, helping others to plagiarize or cheat from one's own or another's work; or actually doing the work of another person.

The penalty for plagiarism or cheating as a first offense is normally an "F" in the course in which the offense is committed and a report to the Dean. A subsequent offense may, in addition, be referred to the university disciplinary committee.