Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is an essential aspect of all learning and is one of the most important values taken into account by academic communities though out the world. EU follows strict standards of academic honesty to which all students must adhere. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to plagiarism, attempted theft of academic records or examinations and alteration of grades. Any of these offenses results in automatic failure of the course and/or suspense from the university.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the offering of work of another as one’s own. Plagiarism is a serious offense and may include, but is not limited to, the following:
Complete or partial copying directly from a published or un- published source without proper acknowledgment to the author. Minor changes like wording or syntax are not sufficient to avoid charges of plagiarism. Proper acknowledgment of the source of a text is always mandatory.
Paraphrasing the work of another without proper author acknowledgment.
Submitting as one’s own original work (however freely given or purchased) the original exam, research paper, manuscript, report, computer file, or other assignment that has been prepared by another individual.
