Promoting Academic Integrity
Preventing Academic Dishonesty

There are several excellent sources on campus of information on plagiarism and other forms academic dishonesty.

• The Faculty Help Desk in the College of Letters and Sciences has a very good section titled Student Conduct in an easy to follow Q and A form.
  
  
• The GSI Teaching and Resource Center provides a great deal of information in the section titled Dealing with and Preventing Academic Dishonesty.
  
  
• The Library has an excellent online manual that approaches the issue from the standpoint of learning how to properly cite sources: Citation Styles, Style Guides, and Avoiding Plagiarism.
  
  
• Student Judicial Affairs provides thorough information on procedures for handling cases of student academic dishonesty, as well as an “Instructor’s Guide for Addressing Student Academic Dishonesty” [Word doc].

 

In addition to the websites above, we’ve gathered some important documents and resources for you:

1. Ten Ways to Minimize Academic Dishonestly in Your Classroom

2. Several documents from the The Report of the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Subcommittee (July 18, 2004)

1. Suggested course syllabus language.  On this page, we have also included a variation of the language, developed by Professor Martha Olney of Economics.
   
   
2. A Paper Submission form [PDF | Word] that you may wish to use in your classes.
   
   
3. Faculty and GSI Tips on Cheating in the Classroom, from provides a comprehensive list of suggestions.
   
   
4. Promoting Academic Integrity: Steps for Department Chairs provides a good checklist of activities that Chairs can undertake to support their faculty.

3. Berkeley Faculty Perspectives on Plagiarism, an archive of a lively and informative discussion on the teach-net mailllist.