Plagiarism and Collusion Policy
Plagiarism means taking and using the thoughts, writings, designs or inventions of another person or organisation and using them as your own without acknowledging their source. In your academic writing and/or design projects, you will often need to refer to the ideas of others and sometimes to quote their exact words or use their designs or graphics.
To avoid plagiarism, you must acknowledge the source of the ideas through an academically acceptable system of referencing. The Harvard system of referencing and APA referencing system are commonly used in the business world and are the systems used at CIP. Plagiarism includes but not limited to:
ØCopying out parts of any text or paraphrasing without acknowledging the source(s). This may be written text, diagrams, formulae, sound files, still photographs, audio-visual material (sound and image files), graphics / animations / multimedia objects, other computer based material, mathematical proofs, art objects and others.
ØThe use of someone else's concepts, experimental results, design ideas, experimental conclusions or conclusions drawn from analysing evidence or arguments without acknowledging the originator of the idea(s), design(s) or conclusion(s).
ØSubmitting substantially similar final version of any material from a fellow student, whether the cooperation on a piece of work was part of the assignment instructions or not.
ØSelf-plagiarism or recycling, where substantially the same piece of work is submitted more than once for assessment.
Plagiarism is a form of intellectual dishonesty and in academic work is considered to be cheating.DHU regards plagiarism as a serious offence and it can have serious consequences, from failing the assignment to expulsion as outlined in this handbook. Therefore, the use of another person's intellectual output and presenting it as your own without proper acknowledgment should be avoided.