Examples of Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism
(from Section 5.2.1.1 of the NU Catalog 87B Volume 2)
Below are examples of academic integrity infractions. This list is NOT all inclusive and students are considered responsible for maintaining integrity in their academic pursuits at all times.
- Referencing content from websites without citation or paraphrase (websites may be referenced for academic work but must be cited by the date referenced).
- Intentional close paraphrasing of the published or unpublished work of another author or authors without proper in-text attribution.
- Submitting as your own original work any paper, article, report, presentation, or book chapter written by another author or authors.
- Submitting as your own original work any assignment that includes content purchased from a commercial service or another person.
- Submitting a paper or other assignment previously written for another course (at National University or other institution) without explicit permission from the faculty of the current course.
- Submitting a paper or other assignment that contains any published materials that have been duplicated word-for-word without citation or proper attribution.
- Writing a paper (or any assignment) on behalf of another student.
- Providing and/or citing references that were not actually used in your work giving the impression that authentic research was conducted.
- Speaking in public (in the form of a speech, lecture or presentation) where any content in that presentation is misrepresented as your own original work or intellectual property.
- Unauthorized collaboration with others on homework assignments.
- Attempting to obtain access to test questions or advance copies of an exam in advance of the exam.
- Publishing or otherwise making available evaluation materials, essay prompts, or other protected documentation from University coursework or services.
