Academic Dishonesty Students at the University are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one's research, to steal the words or ideas of another, to cheat on an examination, or to allow another to commit an act of academic dishonesty corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced. It is the official policy of the University of Delaware that all acts or attempted acts of alleged academic dishonesty be reported to the Dean of Students Office . At the faculty member's discretion and with the concurrence of the student or students involved, some cases, though reported to the Dean of Students Office, may be resolved within the confines of the course. All others will be adjudicated within the Undergraduate Judicial System .
Plagiarism is the inclusion of someone else's words, ideas, or data as one's own work.
When a student submits work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific references and, if verbatim statements are included, through quotation marks as well. Plagiarism covers unpublished as well as published sources. Using another person's ideas, opinions, or theory, even if it is completely paraphrased in one's own words, without acknowledgement of the source. Borrowing facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials that are not clearly common knowledge without acknowledgement of the source. Copying another student's essay test answers.