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What is Academic Dishonesty?

Simply put, academic dishonesty is being academically dishonest. It is not presenting your own assignments, tests, or work as your own. These things can severely impact your grade or your academic career. It is best to avoid being academically dishonest. After all, you have paid to learn.

Below are examples of being academic dishonest.

Types of Academic Dishonesty

• Plagiarism
• Misuse of AI
• Cheating
• Bribery
• Misrepresentation
• Conspiracy
• Fabrication
• Collusion
• Duplicate Submission
• Academic Misconduct
• Improper Computer/Calculator/ Electronic Use
• Improper Online, TeleWeb, and Blended Course Use
• Disruptive Behavior

Examples of Plagiarism

• Taking another person's work as your own, both unpublished and published works as a whole
• Using parts of another person's work and claiming that part as your own
• Taking another person's past or current assignment and presenting it as your own
• Not citing correctly

To help with this, please visit our page on paraphrasing to help with plagiarism (link) and our page on plagiarism.

Examples of Misuse of AI

• Using AI for a full assignment and presenting it as your own work
• Using AI without permission of the instructor
• Not properly citing the use of AI
• Not being forthcoming of what part of your assignment process was generated by AI

For more understanding of AI and how to use AI academically, please visit our page by clicking this link (link).

Examples of Cheating

• Copying from another test or homework
• Allowing another to copy from your test or homework
• Using materials during tests without instructor's permission
• Collaborating on a test without the instructor's permission
• Turning in a paper that another had written for you

Examples of Bribery

• Bribing someone for academic advantage or accepting a bribe
• Using an academic advantage as a bribe

Examples of Misrepresentation

• Any act of omission to deceive an instructor for academic advantage
• Lying to an instructor in an attempt to increase a grade or when faced with allegations of academic dishonesty

An Example of Conspiracy

• Working together on an assignment or test with one or more people to commit or attempt to commit academic dishonesty

Examples of Fabrication

• The use of invented information
• Using a source in your works cited that you did not actually use

An Example of Collusion

• Two or more students working together on an individual assignment

An Example of Duplicate Submission(s)

• An assignment that was submitted for two different classes without current instructor permission
• An assignment submitted in the same semester without both instructor permission

Examples of Academic Misconduct

• Obtaining, encouraging others to obtain, or being in possession of a test before the test is administered
• Distributing a test before it is administered
• Changing a gradebook entry
• Continuing to work on a test or assignment after the time allowed

Examples of Improper Computer/Calculator/ Electronic Use

• Using a computer, calculator, or an electronic device when unauthorized to for an assignment or test
• Selling or giving information via a computer or electronic device in which the information will be submitted for a grade
• Sharing answers on an electronic device

Examples of Disruptive Behavior

• Disrespecting an instructor or student in an online or in class setting
• Talking, texting, or viewing material unrelated to the lecture of the course being taught
• Posting inappropriate material or material unrelated to the course on discussion boards

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The making of this page was made with the help of St. Petersburg College's LibGuide found here (link).