Cheating and Plagiarism
Oak Ridge High School
Definitions and Policy
Cheating and Plagiarism
It is cheating to:
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Copy homework
Give homework to
copy
Copy from
another’s test/quiz
Allow someone to
copy from your
test/quiz
It is cheating to:
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Text/photo a test
or quiz to anyone
Receive such
information
Steal a test
Study from a
stolen test
It is cheating to:
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Tell someone in a later
class what’s on a
test/quiz
Use or possess cheat
sheets/crib notes
“Check an answer” on
someone else’s paper
Take home work that was
for in-class only
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Punishment for Cheating
Plagiarism
When you write a paper, you must
give credit to the person from whom
you got your information.
 “Plagiarism--failing to acknowledge
our debts to others--is using others'
ideas and words without clearly
acknowledging the source of that
information.”
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Information from: http://www.aug.edu/sociology/plagiarism.html
It is plagiarism to:
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Copy someone else’s paper or project
Copy a paper off the Internet (or any
other source)
Copy any part of a paper that you did not
write (without citing your source)
Paraphrase any part of a paper or part of
a paper that you did not write (without
citing your source)
It is plagiarism to:
Pay someone to write a paper for you,
whether a friend or the Internet
 Put your name on someone else’s
work (for free or for money)
 Turn the same project/paper into
more than one teacher
 Work together and turn in the exact
same project/paper (unless instructed
to work in pairs/groups)
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If you didn’t write it,
it’s plagiarism!
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Punishments for Cheating
or Plagiarism
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Montgomery College
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Disciplinary action may include:
 assigning a grade of zero or "F" for an
exam or assignment
 assigning a grade of "F" for the
course
 being withdrawn from the course,
program or expelled from school
http://www.montgomery-college.com/112853/
Duke University
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“Plagiarism is a serious offense that
can result in . . . failure of the
course . . . and suspension from the
University.”
http://library.duke.edu/research/ citing/plagiarism.html
Penalties from UT
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Disciplinary probation.
Withholding of grades, official transcript, and/or degree.
Suspension participation in athletic or extracurricular
activities.
Failing grade for an examination or assignment or for a
course
Denial of degree.
Suspension from the institution for a specified period of time.
Expulsion (permanent separation from the institution).
Revocation of degree and withdrawal of diploma.
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http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/rules/50000Series/50101%202004%2012%2010%2001.pdf
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ORHS Punishment for
Cheating or Plagiarism
A
zero on the work
 A discipline referral to your
principal
 Punishment ranging from
detentions to ISS (and beyond)
 Saturday
detention for daily/quiz
grade
 ISS for major grade
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Punishments for Cheating
or Plagiarism