Common use of PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING POLICY Clause in Contracts

PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING POLICY. As a Catholic school, St. Xxxxxx seeks to instill students with the highest moral values. Cheating and plagiarizing is contrary to our faith and to academic integrity. All work turned in by St. Xxxxxx students should be theirs and theirs alone. Further, parents/guardians are the primary influence in a child's life and must complement the role of teachers in promoting academic honesty to ensure a school policy of academic integrity, an awareness of its value, and a commitment to decide that follow that awareness. Plagiarism is defined as using other people's words or ideas and presenting them as one’s own.