Academic Integrity…
CHEATING
Warrior Wednesday
Is this okay?
O I copied and pasted just a few sentences off
the internet for my Literature paper.
Your teachers say…
O Sure, IF you cite it. Any
thoughts that you borrow
must be credited.
O Copying the work of
others without crediting
them is illegal. It is
considered cheating.
O Haven’t you ever
wondered why there are
credits at the end of a
movie?
Is this okay?
O To help me out with my
essay, I borrowed my
brother’s paper from two
years ago.
Your teachers say…
O No, this is not okay under any circumstance.
This is cheating.
O Teachers are smarter than they look,
especially English teachers. They can
usually recognize the difference between
your work and the work of someone else.
O If you try this in college and get caught, you
can be kicked out.
Is this okay?
O I missed two days of class, so I copied my
friend’s homework to get caught up.
Your teachers say…
O There is never a good reason to copy
homework; this is cheating.
O What you should copy are the NOTES you
missed.
O It’s a good idea to discuss the material you
missed with a classmate, but your work
should be your own.
Is this okay?
O My friend and I worked on a homework
assignment together.
Your teachers say…
O It depends on the assignment. It also
depends on if you are working together or
simply copying the work of someone else.
O Working together is often encouraged,
especially in math.
O Splitting the homework in half and then
combining your answers is cheating.
O You can’t write an essay together if it’s
supposed to be your own work.
Is this okay?
O I had too much to do and didn’t get
a chance to read the book, so I just
read the spark notes online.
Your teachers say…
O There’s nothing wrong with doing some
additional research on a book, IF YOU
ALREADY READ!
O Relying only on spark notes or other online
resources instead of reading is considered
cheating.
O Using summaries from the internet is the
same as stealing someone else’s thoughts.
Is this true?
O Cheating is not a big deal.
Your teachers say…
O Cheating is a HUGE deal.
O It can get you administrative discipline in high school.
O It can get you kicked out of college. (real example:
student kicked out of the Air Force Academy the day
before graduation for cheating)
O It can get you fired from a job. (real example: local
firefighters cheating on their promotion exam)
Is this true?
O Sometimes it’s okay to cheat,
especially if everyone else is doing the
same thing.
Your teachers say…
O No, it’s not.
O There is never a good reason to cheat.
O It may be easy to convince yourself it’s okay,
but it is not.
O Adults sometimes think it’s okay to cheat,
but they’re wrong too. (real examples:
teachers cheating on the CRCT, Georgia
Tech coach George O’Leary fired for resume
fraud)
Examples of Academic
Dishonesty
Inappropriate use of previously submitted work
Plagiarism
Cheating
Falsification of materials
Misrepresentation of documents
Selling academic or computer assignments
Possible Consequences
Warning
Reduction in grade
Failure in course
Academic dishonesty notation on transcript
Suspension
Expulsion
What the Handbook says…
Works Cited
O Google Images
O University at Buffalo Academic Integrity
Presentation
O Cherokee County Student Handbook