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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Integrity In Academic Work	Subsection: 5.1.16
Section 5.0 - Student Policies	Originating Date: February 2025
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Curriculum Committee PhD Affairs Council Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee Final Approving Agency: General Faculty Organization
Related Documents: UNMC Student Code of Conduct University of Nebraska Student Code of Conduct UNMC Research Integrity Policy 5.2.36 Undergraduate Professional Performance Policy 5.1.14 Disciplinary Appeals Process

Purpose

Provides guidance for integrity in academic work by defining plagiarism and plagiarism types and describing consequences of plagiarism in academic work.

Scope

Applies to all College of Nursing (CON) students.

Definition

Plagiarism is defined per the UNMC Student Code of Conduct, UNMC Research Integrity and Policy 5.2.36 as presenting the words or ideas of another person as one’s own without specific or proper credit or citation.

Policy

Students are expected to properly cite sources of information used in academic work. The UNMC College of Nursing forbids any act of plagiarism in the submission of academic work.

If a student is unsure whether his or her action(s) constitute a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity, then it is that student’s responsibility to consult with the faculty to clarify any ambiguities. If the student has any doubts about the way references or resources should be cited, talk to the faculty as soon as possible.

Plagiarism Types

1. Verbatim plagiarism - content is copied exactly as it is written without any form of credit or citation.
2. Mosaic plagiarism - copying content from different websites or sources and combining them without any form of credit or citation.
3. Global plagiarism - claiming someone else’s entire work as your own.
4. Self plagiarism - Resubmission of your own work when you’ve already used it. It is also known as auto plagiarism.
5. Accidental plagiarism - Unintentional plagiarism caused by paraphrasing content and failing to cite or add credits to author.

* Most common types of plagiarism but other types exist.

Consequences of Plagiarism

1. 1st assignment occurrence within the program – written warning and education (redo modules), redo assignment with reduced grade of 10% for the plagiarism plus additional reduction for not meeting rubric requirements, referral to academic coach and documentation in student tracking system. (Share with appropriate program director).
2. 2nd assignment occurrence within the program - written warning and education (redo modules), 50% automatically reduced for the plagiarism plus additional reduction for not meeting rubric requirements; Referral for Director of program (Code of conduct officer) and further documentation in student tracking system.
3. 3rd assignment occurrence within the program- Failure of the course – Referral for code of conduct and program director.

Appeal of Plagiarism Consequences

If the student feels that the decision regarding the charges of plagiarism is arbitrary or capricious, they can appeal the decision through the disciplinary appeals process in Policy 5.1.14. The results of the appeal shall be entered into student tracking system in the student’s record.