Plagiarism Policy of Conestoga College and University of Toronto According to all North American post-secondary institutions’ policies, cheating and copying of someone else’s words and thoughts as one’s own, is a serious academic offence and can be punished by expulsion. Conestoga College (Conestoga) and University of Toronto (U of T) also have the serious academic offense in regard to plagiarism. For example, in section 15 of Conestoga’s policy, it states that the students found violating the policy will be issued the following penalties, and on page 18 of U of T’s policy, it states that plagiarism is considered a serious offence against intellectual honesty and intellectual property. There are some similarities and differences in regard to plagiarism policy. Even though both schools have similar thought and range of plagiarism, Conestoga has harsher penalties than U of T.
Conestoga has a clear policy statement and range of definition in regard to plagiarism. For instance, in section 19 of Conestoga’s policy, it states “the work submitted or presented was done, in whole or in part, by an individual other than the one submitting or presenting the work.” or “parts of the work are taken from another source without reference to the original author e.g. copying a paragraph, a page, a sentence, and/or someone’s ideas.” or “the entire work is copied from another student, i.e. from a previous year, other institution.” (Student Information Guide 2012-2013) Because of
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For instance, the students of Conestoga will be expulsion from the school when they commit plagiarism three times. While, the policy of U of T doesn’t state about expulsion when the students commit plagiarism how many times. In fact, U of T has softer penalties in regard to plagiarism. Even though both schools have different penalties for plagiarism, they have a similar range of definition in regard to