Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Plagiarism Policies
Much heated debate in recent years centers on intellectual
property, copyright, and plagiarism. Indeed, we reviewed a number
of resources in order to develop comprehensive, concise, and
usable statements. In addition to including the policy below,
you should discuss these issues during the first class meeting
and reiterate them as needed to individuals or to the class as
a whole.
Plagiarism
Students are responsible for living by the Honor Code
and for maintaining honesty in scholarship. Work submitted
for a course must be the student’s own (or a group’s
work, if students have collaborated on an assignment). The
use of someone else’s words or ideas without acknowledgment
and as your own contradicts PWR goals and principles. As such,
PWR will take reasonable precautions to prevent it and all
measures prescribed by the Stanford Judicial Affairs Office
for remedy and redress.
Written work submitted to PWR classes may be “googled” or
checked against a noncommercial database in order to check
the writer’s use of sources and to insure academic integrity.
