How to Avoid and Detect Plagiarism: Policies

Academic Policy

Discipline

Cheating on examinations and plagiarism of any sort are unacceptable and, if proven, are cause for the most severe penalties up to and including suspension or dismissal from the university.

The classroom instructor determines the rules of acceptable student conduct during examinations. Each instructor has the right to insist on procedures to ensure the integrity of those examinations: seating arrangements, no communication among students, the restriction of materials available to students during the examination, and so on.

If a student is discovered cheating in a classroom examination or written assignment, either by crib notes or by receiving information from or giving information to a fellow student or by any means not stipulated by the rules of the examination, the instructor has the right to confiscate all test materials from the person or persons involved and give the grade of zero for the examination to the person or persons knowingly involved. The instructor also has the right to fail the students for the course.

Also, students who submit written or other work provably not their own or who submit work with sources inadequately acknowledged or with an inadequate system of documentation for a specific course assignment may be given the grade of zero for the work submitted and a failing grade for the course.

Any breach of discipline may result in disciplinary action, including suspension or dismissal. The Faculty-Student Judicial Review Board, in accordance with its procedures, may hear all cases that may result in suspension or dismissal and will recommend an appropriate course of action to the dean.

LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2014-2015 (p. 17) &  LIU Brooklyn Graduate Bulletin 2014-2015 (p. 13)

Standards of Professional and Ethical Behavior

Academic Ethics

Students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the highest academic standards of honesty and integrity. The acts of, or the intent to engage in the acts of, cheating, plagiarism, illegitimate possession and/or disposition of examinations, and similar acts, are grounds for suspension or dismissal from the University.

Students are advised that plagiarism consists of any act involving the offering of the work of someone else as the student’s own, including the use of work authored by a paid or volunteer person or organization contracted by the student. Students participating in experiential courses must adhere to all rules and regulations of the specific hospital, long-term care facility, industry site, etc.

LIU Pharmacy Code of Conduct

Academic Integrity

Students shall deal honestly with people, including colleagues, faculty, University representatives, patients, and health-care providers. Students are expected to demonstrate honesty and integrity throughout all aspects of their education. Specifically, students are responsible for:

• Understanding the types of conduct that are deemed unacceptable and, therefore, are prohibited by this policy
• Refraining from committing any act of cheating, plagiarizing, facilitating academic dishonesty, abusing academic materials, stealing, professional misconduct, or similar activities
• Maintaining a “duty to report” every instance in which students may have knowledge that academic misconduct has occurred; the student must report any infraction of the Code to a faculty member or other appropriate authority (i.e., course coordinator, preceptor, etc.)

Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, the following:

Cheating

• Use of unauthorized assistance during recitation sessions, quizzes, examinations, or pharmacy practice experiences
• Dependence upon the aid of unauthorized sources in writing papers, solving problems or completing other assignments
• Acquisition or possession, without permission, of examinations or other academic material belonging to a member of the University faculty or staff
• Multiple submission of work by a student that has been used in an identical or similar form to fulfill any academic requirement at the University or any other practice site
• Provision of assistance to others who are participating in the behaviors or activities mentioned above

Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement

• Paraphrasing without properly crediting the author(s) with footnotes, citations, or bibliographical reference or direct quotation of the work of others without applying quotation marks, and fully and properly crediting the author(s) with footnotes, citations, or bibliographical reference
• Use of materials prepared in collaboration with others without release in writing from the collaborators
• Reproduction of copyright material (e.g., textbooks, handouts, examinations) without obtaining written permission from the copyright owner
• Web-casting/taping or e-mailing lectures without permission of the faculty member or instructor

For further information about what constitutes plagiarism, the student is referred to: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/3/33.

LIU Pharmacy Professional Program and Graduate Bulletin 2014-2015 (p. 27)