Academic dishonesty is defined as "academic behavior that does not comply with stated assessment requirements and other institutional policies."
Types of Academic Dishonesty:
> Cheating is "fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment, or using or attempting to use materials, or assisting others in using materials that are prohibited or inappropriate in the context of the academic assignment in question."
> Plagiarism is "use of intellectual material produced by another person without acknowledging its source."
Source: University of California--Berkeley
> Fabrication is "cheating by faking results, as of an experiment, or otherwise “making up” something that one presents as true, factual, or real."
Source: University of Central Arkansas
> Complicity is "knowingly contributing to another’s acts of academic dishonesty."
> Multiple Submissions is "the submission of academic work for which academic credit has already been earned, when such submission is made without instructor authorization."
Source: University of Colorado--Denver
Costs:
>Cheating behavior in college tends to translate into cheating behavior in the workplace
Benefits:
>Higher grades
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