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Academic Integrity

Basic Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism

Academic Consequences

This presentation will take you through some of the consequences of plagiarism.

The Consequences of Plagiarism by Excelsior Online Writing Lab is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-4.0 International. (CC BY 4.0)

Non-Academic Consequences

  • Devalues the university and the degree it offers.

  • Damages the reputation of the university and its students.

  • It creates the impression of unfairness and lack of oversight.

  • It gives the impression that students don’t care about themselves nor the university.

  • Gives professors the impression that students are lazy and not using their critical thinking skills.

  • Prevents students from the chance to interpret other people’s ideas or develop new ones.