Academic integrity is the principle guiding all members of an academic community, including students, instructors, and administration, to work with fairness, trust, honesty, responsibility, and respect. Upholding academic integrity ensures the academic reputation of Harrisburg University and the degrees it confers.
As a student, you commit to academic integrity by submitting work that is free from any form of cheating, plagiarism, or unauthorized use of artificial intelligence. You will use your own learning in conjunction with cited use of relevant resources in order to:
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Plagiarism is the process of presenting the work or ideas of another person as your own without giving them credit, usually by providing a appropriate citation. In written works, plagiarism is easily avoided by giving credit to the work of others in the following ways:
Whether you paraphrase or quote directly, you will create an in-text citation to indicate where you found that information. Creating in-text citations ensures that you are responsibly and respectfully attributing your information to the original source.
Plagiarism can have permanent consequences, such as failing as assignment or grade. Repeated violations could result in expulsion from a college or university. Professional writers have jeopardized their careers by failing to cite properly.
These resources can help you avoid plagiarism:
Using One's Own Work and Self-Plagiarism
While Harrisburg University expects you to advance in your degree and build on work you have done previously, self-plagiarism is prohibited. The American Psychological Association's APA Handbook defines self-plagiarism as "the presentation of your own previously published work as original; like plagiarism, self-plagiarism is unethical." Self-plagiarism can have wide adverse implications in professional publishing, and Harrisburg University's Student Handbook states the following:
Improper use of one's own work is the unauthorized act of submitting work for a course that includes work done for previous courses and/or projects as though the work in question is an original for the present course/project.
The best way to avoid self-plagiarism is to talk to your instructors about what is permissible, and to cite yourself as you would any other author when borrowing ideas from previously completed projects.
Harrisburg University's Policy on Academic Conduct
Chapter 2 of Harrisburg University's Student Handbook addresses Academic Conduct:
Academic dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication, undermines the learning experience. It is deceptive and consequently corrosive to HU’s intellectual principles and ethical standards.
The Handbook prohibits all forms of cheating including plagiarism.
Students suspected of plagiarism and other forms of cheating may be required to participate in a conference and if the allegation of cheating is confirmed, a variety of sanctions may be imposed, from failure of an assignment to failure of a course.