Comparing Plagiarism And George Brown College's Policies

Students at a college have rights and they are responsible for following college’s policies. Plagiarism—using another’s idea or work and pretending that it is their own without credits used by Currie and Pennycook might be one of the policies which colleges in North America are cared about in order to protect author’s copyright (as cited in Nall & Gherwash, Aug 12, 2013). Currie and Pennycook (Aug 12, 2013) also demonstrated that ESL(English Second Language) students uninformed of plagiarism which it could be an obvious punishment such as suspension and expulsion. Hence, some colleges which international students attend distribute their own policy involved in plagiarism to help them avoid plagiarizing. For instance, Seneca and George Brown colleges have their own policies involved in plagiarism. Even though Both the college’s policies have a similar definition of plagiarism, there are a few key differences with regard to the scope of punishments and the point of emphasis. Both college policies have a concise definition of plagiarism. In section

While the policy of the Seneca explains primarily punishments of plagiarism, the policy of the George Brown is more focused on avoiding plagiarism. For instance, in section “Appendix E” of the Seneca’s policy(“Appendix E”, n.d.) includes that the penalties stated in the Academic Honesty policy can be applied All students and gives a detailed information regarding penalties of plagiarism. On the contrary, in section “Avoiding Plagiarism” of the George Brown’s policy(“Avoiding Plagiarism”, n.d.) states that regardless of intentionality, the consequences of plagiarism are harsh and provides external links and tutorial involved in a guideline for prevention of plagiarism as well. In other words, Seneca’s policy explains the gravity of plagiarism, whereas George Brown’s policy more considers students not to commit