Below is some important information provided by the Office of
Community Standards and Student Responsibility. Plagiarism,
cheating and other forms of academic misconduct are serious
charges that students can face if they are not cautious and
knowledgeable: Academic integrity and honesty are basic values
of Ohio University. Students are expected to follow standards of
academic integrity and honesty. Academic misconduct implies
dishonesty or deception in fulfilling academic requirements. It
includes, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, un-
permitted collaboration, forged attendance (when attendance is
required), fabrication (e.g., use of invented information or
falsification of research or other findings), using advantages
not approved by the instructor (e.g., unauthorized review of a
copy of an exam ahead of time), knowingly permitting another
student to plagiarize or cheat from one's work, or submitting
the same assignment in different courses without consent of the
instructor. Plagiarism is defined as