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Extended Essay : Academic Integrity

A guide to ASW's research tools and supports to help you with the Extended Essay.

Academic Integrity at ASW

It is your responsibility to be a good academic citizen.

Recognize the rights and responsibilities of living in a world with easy access to materials.

Research in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Demonstrate an understanding and respect for sharing and using intellectual property.

Academic Integrity at ASW is outlined in the Upper School Handbook:

"Academic honesty and integrity are expected traits in all students and is afforded the utmost value by all members of the faculty. The academic reputation of our students and the school in the wider community depend on it. Academic expectations extend to all assessed and non-assessed school work -- formative or summative -- and to all documentation produced for the university and college applications in High School. It is the expectation at ASW that all work and documentation submitted by students is entirely their own."

More information about copyright, plagiarism and academic integrity can be found in the Upper School Handbook.

What is plagiarism?

  • Intentionally or unintentionally stealing someone else’s original thoughts, ideas or messages without giving credit.
  • Intellectual fraud.
  • Can have serious consequences including fines and/or academic punishment.
  • Most plagiarism is unintentional and can be prevented with good citation habits.

Plagiarism in the real world

Video - The Punishable Perils of Plagiarism

Break the Habit

Break these Bad Habits to Prevent Accidental Plagiarism

  • Copying and pasting from a source without using quotation marks or citations.
  • Rewording ideas without a citation.
  • Reusing your own paper or sections of your paper for another course. 
  • Filling your paper with quotes, even if cited correctly. Quotations should be used to support your original ideas.
  • Paraphrasing by just changing a few words.
  • Forgetting to keep track of your sources.
  • Starting your assignment too late.