Plagiarism

Description:

Committing an act of plagiarism, which includes, but is not limited to, submitting examinations, reports, notes, or other materials as one’s own work when such work has been, wholly or in part, authored by another person. The term “plagiarism” (See the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed., 2020) for a full description) includes, but is not limited to:

Use of paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or unpublished work of another person without fully and properly crediting the author with footnotes, citations or bibliographical reference;
Unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials;
Unacknowledged use of original work/materials that has been produced through collaboration with others without release in writing from collaborators; or
Misuse of electronic media; piracy of electronic information.

Turnitin:

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