ACADEMIC INTEGRITY SERVICE

ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY
SERVICE
2015 / 2016
Dr Marie ASHWIN
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* S’ouvrir aux mondes de demain, depuis 1871.
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Plagiarism in the news
The Charter
The Academic Integrity team (SIA)
Some figures
How to avoid plagiarising
Resources available
Plagiarism in the news …
Fareed Zakaria journalist with CNN and
in July 2012
Faculty of Dentistry at the University of
Toulouse shaken by plagiarism case
“Isabel Marant is committing a plagiarism
because the Etoile spring-summer 2015
collection contains the graphical elements
specific to the Tlahuitoltepec blouse, a
design which has transcended borders,
and is not a novel creation as is affirmed
by the designer.”
A THIRD GERMAN MINISTER ACCUSED
OF PLAGIARISM …
Ursula von der Leyen Defence Minister
accused of plagiarising her doctoral thesis
in 1990 (28/09/2015)
Annette Schavan Minister for Education and
Research resigned on the 9 February 2013
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Defence Minister
resigned on 1 March 2011
The judgement stated that the two works (the film and the book) were not
« substantially » alike, even though they were both based upon the war in
Bosnia-Hersegovina.
« In the Land of Blood and Honey » « Au Pays du Sang et du Miel »
Alain Minc was found guilty on 2
July for plagiarising 47 passages
of a biography on Bousquet
47 repetitions of 308 identified citations
Similarities in the wording and construction of sentences
« S'il n'a pas servilement copié les extraits de la biographie [...], Alain
Minc a manifestement reproduit, en cherchant à modifier a minima les
phrases, le plus souvent en résumant des passages et en changeant
quelques mots ou expressions » La juge, Marie Salord, la présidente du
tribunal de grande instance de Paris
Source : http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2013/07/02/alain-minc-condamnepour-avoir-plagie-47-passages-d-une-biographie-de-bousquet_3440617_3260.html
Accessed 8 juillet 2013
PLAGIARISM OR PARODY ?
« We did not ask for the artist’s permission as we
consider it a parody » - statement from Dieudonné’s
legal representative
Artist: Ken Barthelmey
Academic Integrity Charter
EM Normandie wants to emphasise its policy on
academic integrity and to promote the following
values : honesty, trust, justice, respect,
responsibility.
To respect intellectual honesty in academic work
that contributes to the quality of the diploma, the
level of trust and thereputation of EM Normandie.
Commitment of everybody : faculty, administrative
staff, students and companies.
3 actions : information, control, penalties.
Academic Integrity Charter (p1)
« EM Normandie, as an institution of Higher Education,
undertakes to institute, foster, and develop academic
integrity among all students, administration staff and
members of faculty.
This undertaking is upheld by means of continuous
information, prevention, and control operations directed at
the various target publics, leading whenever necessary to
disciplinary measures in the event of a breach of the rules of
academic integrity.
There is zero-tolerance towards proven cases of cheating,
fraud or plagiarism. EM Normandie considers such acts to be
a challenge to the equity which it must guarantee for all. »
School regulations
The charter references the two internal documents to emphasis
and explain the importance of academic integrity
Règlement de scolarité : p 5 et 22
Internal regulations : p 8
You can find the documents on Schoolbox
http://www.ecole-managementnormandie.fr/ecole/mediatheques/integrite_academique4/integrite_academique_documents.htm
Where are these documents available
The webpage of the SIA - http://bit.ly/qtH5Bb
The ‘Guide de rédaction des références bibliographiques
de l’EM Normandie’ which shows you how to present
different types of bibliographic details - http://bit.ly/rqcqLr
Definition of FRAUD
Fraud is defined as an act to try and gain advantage over third party by any
form of dupery.
Some examples :
“Falsification of data;
Using a substitute person to undertake, in full or part, an examination or
other assessment item;
Making contact or colluding with another person, contrary to instructions,
during an examination or other assessment item;
Bringing material or device(s) into an examination or other assessment item
other than such as may be specified for that assessment item;
Making use of computer software or other material and device(s) during an
examination or other assessment item other than such as may be specified
for that assessment item; and
Contract cheating or having another writer compete for tender to produce an
essay or assignment and then submitting the work as one’s own.”
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/academic-integrity/fraud-andplagiarism.html
Definition of PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is defined as a form of fraud whereby one
will claim authorship, whether in full or in part, in letter
or spirit, for a written document originally produced by
a third party.
A few examples in the context of academic work:
– To copy the work of another student ;
– To copy entirely or in part a written document
without quoting the source ;
– To make use of another author’s ideas without
mentioning the source.
The Academic Integrity Service (SIA)
The School set up the SIA in order to promote
academic integrity at EM Normandie :
– Prevention and information
– Control
– Penalties
Dr Marie ASHWIN is the Academic Integrity Officer for
the School
How is this done ?
Information / prevention :
– Presentations
– Librarians
– Documents
– Page on website
Control
Penalties
– If any form of academic dishonesty (fraud or
plagiarism) is found to have occurred, the
Academic Integrity Service is in charge of
procedures and instruction.
Some statistics
Penalties since September 2011 :
– Probation – 5 students.
– Failure to course/module and new work to
produce with minimum grade – 12 students.
– Exclusion from the school for a period of one
week – 4 students
– Exclusion from the program for a year – 4
students
– Definitive exclusion from EM Normandie – 2
student
After Prevention comes Control
Why ?
– EM Normandie in its wishes to promote
academic integrity has acquired an electronic
tool which detects similarities in the
academic work of students
– This electronic software is a tool to prevent
plagiarism.
– To promote academic integrity and to
improve faculty process evaluation
Plagiarism detection techniques
The School uses the Turnitin site to check work
A student may also be examined on the details
of the work they have produced
Other resources :
http://fr.scanmyessay.com/
http://plagiarismcheck.org/home
http://www.plagtracker.com/fr/
http://www.duplichecker.com/
Turnitin
Turnitin provides a report showing the Similarity Index,
it does not measure plagiarism
These reports are carefully reviewed by the teaching
staff and/or Dr Marie ASHWIN who can be contacted in
her office in Caen(B100) or by email at
[email protected]
How can you avoid plagiarism ?
Always cite your sources !!!
Follow these few simple principles will help you
avoid the risk of plagiarising someone else’s work.
Quotation
“A direct quotation uses the exact words of an
authority and must be identified in your paper with
quotation marks and parenthetical documentation.”
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/usingquotes.html
Quotations rules
Insert quotation with quotation marks
Respect punctuation
If omission of part of the text, use three dots in
square brackets […]
Document bibliographical source of quotation :
– Reference in brackets (Name, Date, Page)
An example
Quotation with reference details in brackets :
« An Academic Integrity Policy is viewed by the
School as the best method of guaranteeing the
reputation of the institution, its staff, students and
their qualifications.» (Forster, 2008).
Q: Is this correct ?
An example
Quotation with reference details in brackets :
« An Academic Integrity Policy is viewed by the
School as the best method of guaranteeing the
reputation of the institution, its staff, students and
their qualifications.» (Forster, 2008).
Q: Is this correct ?
A: No. The page number is not shown. (Forster,
2008, p26)
Paraphrasing
Rewriting ideas from a source in different words
without changing its original meaning
A paraphrase must identify the sources
Source : California State University
http://www.csuchico.edu/sjd/
Sanctions
Any student found guilty of fraud or plagiarism will be liable
to the following penalty (this list is not exhaustive):
– Probation ;
– Failure of course / modules concerned ;
– Obligation to pass 3 to 6 extra credits ;
– Suspension ;
– Expulsion
PLEASE NOTE : The disciplinary committee makes the final
decision on penalties
Thank your for your attention !
Any questions ?
Bibliography
Forster, Peter (2008) La déontologie académique de l’Ecole de
Management de Normandie. Traduit de l’anglais par Sonia Rogoff
et Annie Bader, Working Paper.
Service des affaires juridiques (2009) Règlement sur les infractions
de nature académique [en ligne] Université de Québec à Montréal.
Disponible sur :
[http://www.instances.uqam.ca/reglements/REGLEMENT_NO_18.p
df], (consulté le 1er septembre 2010).
Université de Montréal [aucune date] Intégrité fraude et plagiat [en
ligne] Université de Montréal. Disponible sur :
[http://www.integrite.umontreal.ca/definitions/integrite.html],
(consulté le 1er septembre 2010).
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