CLÉMENCE PINTON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY REFERENT 2013 – Academic integrity

Learning objectives To present the academic integrity charter for EM Normandie. To present the academic integrity service. Define and explain plagiarism How to avoid it ? How do we control plagiarism ? What are the penalties ?

1.Academic Integrity Charter EM Normandie wants to affirm its policy in terms of academic integrity and to promote the following values : honesty, trust, justice, respect, responsibility. To respect intellectual honesty in academic work, that contributes to quality of diploma, trust in and reputation of EM Normandie. Commitment of everybody : faculty, administrative staff, students and enterprises. 3 actions : information, control, penalties.

Academic Integrity Charter, p. 1 « EM Normandie, as an institution of Higher Education, undertakes to institute, foster, and develop academic integrity among all, students, administration staff and faculty. This mission is served by means of continuous information, prevention, and control operations directed at the various target publics, leading whenever necessary to disciplinary measures in the event of a breach of such rules of academic integrity. There will be no tolerance towards proven cases of cheating, fraud or plagiarism. EM Normandie considers such acts to be a challenge to the equity which it must guarantee for all.”

Reminder Academic integrity charter refers to academic and internal regulations :  Academic regulations : p. 6 &  Internal regulations : p. 16.

2.Definition of fraud Fraud is defined as an act to try and gain advantage over third party by any form of dupery. Some examples : “Falsification of data; Using a substitute person to undertake, in full or part, an examination or other assessment item; Making contact or colluding with another person, contrary to instructions, during an examination or other assessment item; Bringing material or device(s) into an examination or other assessment item other than such as may be specified for that assessment item; Making use of computer software or other material and device(s) during an examination or other assessment item other than such as may be specified for that assessment item; and Contract cheating or having another writer compete for tender to produce an essay or assignment and then submitting the work as one’s own.”

Define plagiarism Plagiarism Plagiarism is a form of fraud whereby one will claim full authorship, whether in full or in part, in letter or spirit, for a written document originally produced by third party. A few examples in the context of academic work:  To copy work by another student ;  To copy entirely or in part a written document without quoting the source ;  To make use of another author’s ideas without mentioning the source.

3.Academic Integrity Service Creation of service in order to promote, implement academic integrity at EM Normandie :  Prevention and information ;  Control ;  Penalties. Who ? Marie Ashwin, referent on Caen campus. Clémence Pinton, referent on Le Havre campus

How ? Information / prevention :  Presentations ;  Librarians ;  Documents ;  Page on website. Control Penalties  If any form of academic dishonesty (fraud or plagiarism) is found to have occurred, the Academic Integrity Service is in charge of procedures and instruction.

Statistics Penalties since September 2011 :  Probation – 5 students.  Failure in course/module and new work to produce with minimum grade – 12 students.  Exclusion from the program for a year – 2 students  Definitive exclusion from EM Normandie – 1 student

4.How to avoid plagiarism ? You must use quotations to document all ideas and significant information that is not yours. Some simple principles allow you to avoid plagiarism by documenting sources properly.

Avoiding plagiarism “To avoid plagiarism, all students must document sources properly using Parenthetical References, and must write a Bibliography, References, or Works Cited page and place it at the end of the […]paper to list the sources used.”

Quotation “A direct quotation uses the exact words of an authority and must be identified in your paper with quotation marks and parenthetical documentation.”

Quotation example Quotation with parenthethical reference : « An Academic Integrity Policy is viewed by the School as the best method of guaranteeing the reputation of the institution, its staff, students and their qualifications.» (Forster, 2008).

Quotation rules Insert quotation with quotation marks. Respect punctuation If omission of part of the text, use ellipsis in square brackets […] Document bibliographical source of quotation :  References into brackets

Paraphrase Rewriting ideas from a source in different words without changing its original meaning. A paraphrase must document sources. Source : California State University /

Plagiarism ? – Example #1 During the last 60 years the development of effective and safe drugs to deal with bacterial infections has revolutionized medical treatment, and the morbidity and mortality from microbial disease has been dramatically reduced. Original: During the last 60 years the development of effective and safe drugs to deal with bacterial infections has revolutionized medical treatment, and the morbidity and mortality from microbial disease has been dramatically reduced.

Plagiarism ? – Example #2 The availability of antimicrobial compounds has transformed healthcare in the period since the second world war. People are far less likely to die or even be seriously ill than they had been prior to the introduction of these drugs. Original: During the last 60 years the development of effective and safe drugs to deal with bacterial infections has revolutionized medical treatment, and the morbidity and mortality from microbial disease has been dramatically reduced.

Plagiarism ? – Example #3 During the post-war years, the development of effective and safe drugs to deal with bacterial infection has transformed medical treatment, and death and illness resulting from microbial disease has been dramatically reduced. Original: During the last 60 years the development of effective and safe drugs to deal with bacterial infections has revolutionized medical treatment, and the morbidity and mortality from microbial disease has been dramatically reduced.

6.Control – Turnitin.com Why ?  Wishing to promote academic integrity, EM Normandie has acquired an electronic tool allowing to detect similarities in academic work of students.  This electronic software is a tool to prevent plagiarism. All academic work will be uploaded on the database by students.  To promote academic integrity and to improve faculty evaluation process.

How does it work ? “Faculty members submit paper to be checked  Several ways Compared to 3 types of databases  Internet—4.5 billion pages indexed  Electronic resources available  Papers database—millions submitted Originality Report for faculty review Faculty determines actions, if any” Source : Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Take care ! File < 20 Mo (format :.doc or.pdf) Uploaded by only one student

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7.Sanctions / Penalties  Any student found guilty of fraud or plagiarism will be liable to the following sanctions (this list is not exhaustive):  Probation ;  Failure of course / modules concerned ;  Obligation to pass 3 to 6 extra credits ;  Suspension ;  Expulsion  The disciplinary committee has the final say in the imposing of sanctions