Academic Integrity

BASE expects all students to adhere to the highest standards of academic honesty and integrity. Violations of academic integrity include cheating, plagiarizing, turning in another’s papers or projects, giving one’s work to others, passing test information to others, misrepresenting other’s work as their own, or being found in possession of another’s work.

Definitions

We use the definition of academic dishonesty as behavior that results in, or may result in, the student or any other student

gaining an unfair advantage in one or more assessment components. For example, using resources that are not allowable on the assessment.
using work or words that are not their own on their assessment.

A student’s work should always be their own work, following the parameters of the assessment. The following definitions are helpful in understanding our complete definition of academic integrity:

Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else’s words, work or ideas without giving them credit. (Using AI as the content generation vehicle for an assignment is also plagiarism.)

Cheating by the unauthorized use of information, notes, study aids, or unauthorized technology on assessments.

Collusion is letting someone copy from you or letting someone turn in your work as theirs.

Duplication of work is turning in the same assignment for two or more classes.

Misconduct during an assessment is copying someone’s answers, letting someone copy your work, looking up answers, bringing answers into the test room, or using tools/material that the teacher has not approved.

Confidentiality is not sharing assessment content, questions, or answers with students who have not yet taken the assessment. Students are not to discuss assessments until all students have taken the assessment or the assessment is returned to the student.

What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the use of another person’s words, ideas, or facts as if they were your own, without giving credit to the original source.

Plagiarism Examples

You are plagiarizing when you use information from another source without including proper documentation (e.g. citations and a list of works cited or bibliography).
You are plagiarizing when you turn in another student’s work as your own or allow someone else to copy your work; this work might include homework, tests, papers, or other assignments.
You are plagiarizing when you copy materials from sources such as the Internet, books, or periodicals without introducing the material or using citations to show the beginning and end of the “borrowed” material.
Using Ai to complete assessment work is a form of plagiarism.

(Adapted from the OCTE pamphlet “What’s Plagiarism and How Can You Avoid It?”)

Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism

Indicate clearly when you use anything from another person’s work, even if only a phrase or a single key word, by using quotation marks.
When summarizing or paraphrasing, distinguish clearly where the ideas of others end and your own comments begin.
When using another person’s ideas, credit the author by name and identify the work in which you found the idea.
Err on the side of caution by giving credit whenever you suspect you are using information, other than general knowledge, from a source.
If you are unsure if you are plagiarizing, it is your responsibility to consult with your teacher regarding the work before the assignment is due.

(Adapted from Write for College, published by Write Source.)

Note: Assignments or portions of assignments submitted in a class may not be submitted in a second class unless the teacher of the second class gives prior approval. Submitting the same work in multiple classes (or even in a class previously taken) without authorization will bear the same consequences as plagiarism.

Consequences of Plagiarism or Violations of Academic Integrity

Second Offenses and Extreme Cases

For second offenses of academic integrity violation or more extreme cases or cases that occur in a AP or college level class the consequences may include:

Notification of teachers who have written letters of recommendation and possible withdrawal of letters of recommendation.
Notification of colleges through Common Application updates.
Notification of National Honors Society.
Notification of all of the student’s current teacher

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Academic Integrity

Plagiarism Examples

Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism

Consequences of Plagiarism or Violations of Academic Integrity

Second Offenses and Extreme Cases