Academic Integrity Breach Analysis: Group Presentation Scenario at Sheridan College
Overview
This case study analyzes an academic integrity breach involving four students (Kourosh, John, Ali, and Reyansh) who submitted duplicated research and falsified references in a group presentation assignment. The paper examines the violation against Sheridan College's Academic Integrity policies, identifying multiple breaches including plagiarism, submitting work to multiple courses without consent, and misrepresenting authorship of group work.
What this case study covers
- Scenario description and identification of academic integrity breach involving group presentation submission
- Analysis of plagiarism violation and duplicate work submission across courses per Sheridan policies
- Examination of misrepresented authorship and falsified references as integrity violations
- Discussion of disciplinary procedures and potential consequences for involved students
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In the group presentation scenario, Kourosh, John, Ali, and Reyansh have committed an academic integrity breach. According to Sheridan Academic Policies on cheating, the students have committed a breach since Ali duplicates similar research to the assignment. This form of cheating is highlighted in the Sheridan Academic Policies as ‘submitting substantial portions of the same work to more than one course without consulting the Faculty members who teach the courses’ ("Guides: Academic Integrity for Students: Overview", 2020). According to the Sheridan Academic procedure, these students will be treated as separate entities when analyzing the breach. These students face the risk of being punished or suspended for three years. Moreover, Sheridan’s Policy states that if a student presents another person’s work, concept, or words without acknowledging the source, then it is treated as an act of plagiarism. In this scenario, the assignment was meant to be submitted as the group’s research. This breach will, therefore, be treated as plagiarism since it entails work that was already submitted by Ali.
Furthermore, the students falsified the references since they did not obtain information from the required sources. Kourosh, John, Ali, and Reyansh also commit an integrity breach by assigning responsibilities to each member of the group separately. Sheridan Academic policies uphold values of honesty and responsibility, among others (“Academic Integrity,” 2020). Therefore, students are only entitled to credits for their research work and ideas.