The
UNC Honor Code
defines plagiarism as academic dishonesty "in the form of deliberate
or reckless representation of another’s words, thoughts, or ideas
as one’s own without attribution in connection with submission
of academic work, whether graded or otherwise" (Instrument
of Student Judicial Governance,
Section II.B.1.). This is a serious offense in the academic world
and can take various forms. Here are some examples of plagiarism:
- Buying or using any sort of paper or project from another person or service and turning it in as the product of your own work
- Turning in someone else's work as your own
- Copying statements from a source and using them without proper use of quotation marks and citations
- Paraphrasing information from a source without proper citations