Plagiarism
Misconduct provisions

Both the University and the Faculty view the academic conduct of students very seriously. Students must ensure they conduct themselves in a professional manner, and observe the various rules and policies at all times.

In those instances where a student breaches academic conduct, the rules relating to academic misconduct are strictly observed. Breaches can include cheating in an examination or a class test and not acknowledging the work of others (plagiarism).

Plagiarism

Plagiarism refers to the practice of using someone else's ideas or work and presenting them as one's own without acknowledgment. Plagiarism is literary or intellectual theft. It can take a number of forms, including:

• copying the work of another student, whether that student is in the same class, from a previous year of the same course, or from another tertiary institution
• copying any section, no matter how brief from a book, journal article, the Internet, or other written source, without duly acknowledging it as a quotation
• copying any diagram, illustration or chart without duly acknowledging the source
• paraphrasing or otherwise using the ideas of another author without duly acknowledging the source, and
• presenting assignments written by other students as your own work.

Whatever the form, plagiarism is unacceptable both academically and professionally. By plagiarising you are both stealing the work of another person and cheating by representing it as your own. Any incident of plagiarism can therefore be expected to attract severe penalties.

Students who condone plagiarism by allowing their work to be copied are also subject to disciplinary action.

If students are in any doubt about plagiarism they should discuss the matter with the subject examiner or their tutor.

Note: The above provisions are drawn in part from the Faculty of Business Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Assessed Work, February 1998.

Misconduct provisions

The provisions relating to academic misconduct are detailed in the

UTS: Calendar and are designed to ensure fairness in the process, as well as allowing such issues to be investigated effectively. One of the main provisions that may be used as a penalty of academic misconduct is the award of a zero grade, where a subject examiner believes the work of a student or students is not their own. In more serious cases stronger penalties will apply.

The rules relating to academic misconduct, discipline and appeals for students can be found in the UTS: Calendar under Rules 2.23 and 5.1–5.50.