Plagiarism is defined as “the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person” (Merriam Webster, 2015). According to Nall and Gherwash, plagiarism is a grave academic offense in North American post-secondary institutions (Nall & Gherwash, 2013). That is why many colleges in Canada provide plagiarism policies. There are little differences about the purpose of those policies, however, the one of main goal is to keep academic credibility (Centennial College, 2007; Seneca College, n.d.). As such, in those policies, it is mentioned if penalties for plagiarism exist or not and how colleges process academic dishonesty. Even though for both Seneca College and Centennial College plagiarism is illegal and they apply
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In section 9.3 of Seneca’s policy, there are three structures for penalties of plagiarism. In first offense, students will be given 0 score on their work. Next, if there is second offense, students will be gotten the “F” on their courses. Finally, if students plagiarize their work more than two times, they will be suspended from the College. All of these penalties are recorded on the students’ transcriptions (Seneca College, n.d.). Those penalties are the result of the procedure. The policy clearly states that there are technically two times of chances for allegations; firstly students will meet the Academic Chair. If the Academic Chair makes a decision that there is academic offense, the students have to prepare second refutation about his or her innocence to the Academic Honesty Committee (Seneca College, n.d.). This means that all suspected works are directly investigated by the Academic Chair and if it is concluded that the students are charged with academic breach, ㅇthe Academic Honesty Committee will judge if the students are guilty or not. Hence, this policy is tight and explicit and differs from …show more content…
As we could observe, Centennial College policy offers more student-friendly procedures, while both college apply penalties to students who are guilty of plagiarism to keep academic integrity. When a student’s work is suspected for this academic offense, Centennial College policy presumes innocence until they prove his or her guilty. However, Seneca College did not mention about presumption of innocence. Their policy focus on giving the process for academic misconduct. In conclusion, plagiarism is a serious breach of academic honesty in North American institutions. Unfortunately, some international students can overlook this important academic offense because there are no policy about plagiarism in their countries’ universities or colleges. Therefore, to avoid this academic misconduct, foreign students should understand about the concept of plagiarism and their new colleges in
In section 9.3 of Seneca’s policy, there are three structures for penalties of plagiarism. In first offense, students will be given 0 score on their work. Next, if there is second offense, students will be gotten the “F” on their courses. Finally, if students plagiarize their work more than two times, they will be suspended from the College. All of these penalties are recorded on the students’ transcriptions (Seneca College, n.d.). Those penalties are the result of the procedure. The policy clearly states that there are technically two times of chances for allegations; firstly students will meet the Academic Chair. If the Academic Chair makes a decision that there is academic offense, the students have to prepare second refutation about his or her innocence to the Academic Honesty Committee (Seneca College, n.d.). This means that all suspected works are directly investigated by the Academic Chair and if it is concluded that the students are charged with academic breach, ㅇthe Academic Honesty Committee will judge if the students are guilty or not. Hence, this policy is tight and explicit and differs from …show more content…
As we could observe, Centennial College policy offers more student-friendly procedures, while both college apply penalties to students who are guilty of plagiarism to keep academic integrity. When a student’s work is suspected for this academic offense, Centennial College policy presumes innocence until they prove his or her guilty. However, Seneca College did not mention about presumption of innocence. Their policy focus on giving the process for academic misconduct. In conclusion, plagiarism is a serious breach of academic honesty in North American institutions. Unfortunately, some international students can overlook this important academic offense because there are no policy about plagiarism in their countries’ universities or colleges. Therefore, to avoid this academic misconduct, foreign students should understand about the concept of plagiarism and their new colleges in