7 . ACADEMIC DISHONESTY POLICY
7.1
George Brown College believes that the development of self-discipline and acceptable standards of academic honesty are fundamental aspects of the learning process. Individuals and groups must uphold the principles of academic integrity.7.2
The establishment and maintenance of effective discipline is seen as the responsibility of College administration, faculty members, and students. Disciplinary action will be taken in response to acts of academic dishonesty.7.3
The following offences are considered to be acts of academic dishonesty warranting disciplinary
action• plagiarism, which is defined as
o direct quotation from a text or paper without identification as to source,
o submission of a work as one‘s own when it has been prepared by someone else, and
o contraction for assignments or submission of reports that are not the work of the author.
• the submission, without the knowledge and approval of the instructor to whom it is submitted, of any academic work for which credit has previously been obtained or is being sought in another course or program of study in the College or elsewhere;
• the submission for credit of any academic work containing a purported statement of fact or reference to a source that has been concocted;7.4
The College is firm in its commitment to academic integrity and will, without hesitation and without exception, penalize acts that demonstrate disregard for the standards governing honesty in academic performance. The minimal consequence for submitting a plagiarized, purchased, contracted, or in any manner inappropriately negotiated or falsified assignment, test, essay, project, or any evaluated material will be a grade of zero on that material.
