Academic Ethics and Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a very serious violation of Academic Ethics and the NECC Code of Conduct. The college expects all students to maintain high standards of academic honesty and integrity. Plagiarism is defined by the College to be the use of any other person’s research, images, words or ideas as though they were your own, without giving appropriate credit to the original source. If you use another person’s research, images, words or ideas you must give credit to the original source through proper citation (consult your instructor about this requirement), regardless of whether you use a direct quote, or incorporate an idea into your own work. Instructors are required to provide students with a clearly written definition of plagiarism applicable in their discipline as part of the course syllabus that they provide during the first two weeks of each course. Plagiarism may range in severity from unintentional omission of credit, to intentional, dishonest representation of borrowed work as one’s own. In most cases, plagiarism will be dealt with by the faculty member in charge of the course, and students will be sanctioned according to the severity of the offense. Students’ academic offenses are usually handled by faculty members and/or their academic supervisors.