To begin understanding academic dishonesty one must know the definition of the term and examples of it. Berkeley City college quotes wikipedia in there definition: " Academic
Dishonesty or academic misconduct is any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise"("Academic Dishonesty"). Forms of this include: plagiarism, fabrication, deception, cheating, sabotage ("Academic Dishonesty").
Prentice 2 Plagiarism involves taking someone else 's work without giving that person credit for it.
As an example had I quoted wikipedia and not cited it in my paper then that would have been considered plagiarism("Academic Dishonesty"). Fabrication is the use of false information in any academic assessment. If a scientist were to use false data to prove that a medication was effective when it actually wasn 't, then he would be guilty of fabrication("Academic Dishonesty"). Deception basically means lying about why a dead line was missed or lying about turning in wok that was never turned in. Most high school students are known for using this type