Maintaining Your Academic Integrity Dr. Wing Lam U21Global

What is academic integrity? Behaving as a responsible student, behaving as a responsible academic institution

What it means at U21Global We maintain the same academic standards as our U21 partner universities We are respectful of others in the learning environment We conduct our learning in an honest and ethical manner We do not plagiarise Source: http://office.microsoft.com/

What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is taking the work or ideas of others and using them as your own, whether done intentionally or unintentionally

Plagiarism is intellectual theft Not citing the work of others or providing sources Providing incomplete or incorrect references Not clearly delineating ideas or work that has been used Re-hashing the work of others Source: http://office.microsoft.com/

Related academic offences Self-plagiarism – recycling work that was previously submitted for another purpose Assemblage – excessive “cutting-and-pasting” of the work of others with little original contribution Copying – submitting an individual piece of work that is similar to the work of another student (or aiding a fellow student to do so)

Why does it matter? Source: www.flickr.com/photos/usnavynvns/4285158139/sizes/m/ Imagine a surgeon who got through medical school by plagiarizing a number of his assignments How would you feel? Exactly! Plagiarism is irresponsible and unethical

Working with others As in the real world, you can discuss assignments with others, but for an individual assignment, the write-up must be your own Source: http://office.microsoft.com/

Four simple tips Cite the work of others where you have used their ideas and provide the full reference Avoid excessive cutting-and-pasting – the professor is interested in your ideas, not the ideas of others Use quotes to identify specifically where you have taken verbatim from a source Where you want to share an article, don’t cut-and-paste, instead provide the source of the work either as a hyperlink or reference

Example of citing Lam (2004) identifies four main areas of risk on enterprise integration projects, namely, the strategy, planning, implement and rollout stages. OR There are four main areas of risk on enterprise integration projects, namely, the strategy, planning, implement and rollout stages (Lam 2004). References Lam, W. (2004), Technical Risk Management for Enterprise Integration Projects, Communications of the Association of Information Systems, Volume 13, pp.290-315. U21Global recommends the APA or Harvard citation style

Example of quotation use Lam (2004) states “risk management practices are poorly executed, if at all, and that the successful management of IS and IT project relies just as much on the ability of individual managers as it does on knowledge of risk management process and practices”. References Lam, W. (2004), Technical Risk Management for Enterprise Integration Projects, Communications of the Association of Information Systems, Volume 13, pp.290-315.

Brown, J.S., and Duguid, P., (2000), Balancing Act: How To Capture Knowledge Without Killing It, Harvard Business Review, May/Jun, Vol. 78, Issue 3, pp 73 – 80 Identify in your work where references are used References Knowledge management (KM) is often presented to organisations as an important strategic initiative. A successful KM initiative can help an organisation improve its financial position through cost savings. For example, Xerox was estimated to have saved US$100 million from its Eureka database (Brown and Duguid, 2000) which served as a knowledge base that enabled its engineers to solve problems more quickly. In the case, as more knowledge is added to the database, its effectiveness as a problem-solving tool increases. In another example that involves communities of practice, Hill’s Pet Nutrition enjoyed significant reductions in pet food wastage due to packaging improvements (Wenger and Snyder, 2000). Hence, one should emphasise the potential costs savings in making the case for KM to the CEO. Wenger, E. C. and Snyder, W. M.(2000), Communities Of Practice: The Organizational Frontier, Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb, Vol. 78, Issue 1, pp 139 – 145

Academic penalties for plagiarism Reported offences are recorded in the U21Global plagiarism register A first offence will result in a zero mark or penalty as deemed fit by the professor A subsequent offence will result in a zero mark for the assignment, a Fail grade for the subject or even expulsion from the program Source: http://office.microsoft.com/

How you can help Educate others in your class who might not be aware of plagiarism Highlight incidences of plagiarism that you discover to the professor Participate in building a culture of responsible learning at U21Global

U21Global Referencing Guides – a comprehensive guide on referencing and selected resources on plagiarism http://u21gblog.u21global.edu.sg/library/research-tools/cite-guides Academic Plagiarism Defined by Professor Irving Hexham - this site discusses plagiarism in greater depth and gives easy-to-follow advice on how to reference properly http://people.ucalgary.ca/~hexham/study/plag.html plagiarismdotORG – this site contains general materials including a FAQ on plagiarism and recorded webinars http://www.plagiarism.org/ The U21Global Student Handbook! Further resources

If you plagiarise, you cheat yourself out of the opportunity to learn Source: http://office.microsoft.com/ Maintain your academic integrity!