Samples of Judicial Panel Rationales related to Plagiarism

“Although we believe that the student did not intend to plagiarize, students have a responsibility to take care in accurately identifying source material.”
“1) The paper submitted contains uncited, direct passages from a secondary source, 2) A reasonable person should have been able to detect that the words used were not his own, 3) Slight variations were found between the paper and the source, leading the panel to believe that this was an attempt to conceal the plagiarism.”
“The work the student submitted relied to a far greater degree than acknowledged on others' words, work, and research.”
“Copying previously copied work is still a violation of the Honor Code.”
“Copying code from a website for a project to be submitted, and failing to cite the use of the code, constitutes a violation of the Honor Code.”
“1) Submitting another's work as one's own is a clear violation of the Honor Code. 2) The student had been made aware of the policy regarding the citation of secondary sources based on discussions with the TA prior to the submittal of the paper. 3) Given the circumstances of this particular case, where the evidence was not questionable, there is no need to consider intent.”