School Policies and Procedures
EDUCATIONAL ETHICS/ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
King George Secondary School aspires to develop honest, ethical and accomplished students capable of being responsible citizens in Canadian society. Any of the following activities constitute a breach in educational ethics:
1. Plagiarizing, i.e., copying material from any source: students, the Internet, AI, a tutor, using others’ ideas without acknowledging the source. This includes essays, assignments, homework submitted for marks, lab reports, computer programs, drawings, sketches, designs, video or audio tapes and all other assigned work.
2. Supplying unauthorized information or work of any kind to another student with the knowledge that it may be copied or used for marks.
3. Copying from another person’s test, knowingly allowing another student to copy from your test, or communicating with other students during an exam.
5. Bringing or using unauthorized materials/notes or equipment (including electronic translators, programmable calculators, computers, phones, camera phones, etc.) for a test.
Plagiarism consequences
- The plagiarized work will not be taken as evidence of learning.
- The incident will be recorded in the student’s and school Academic files.
- The student may not be eligible for school-based scholarships for that academic year.
This will be determined by the administrator and classroom teacher at the time of the incident