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own paper; placing books, notes, study aids, coats and personal possessions wellaway from your seat).3. Students may not have others conduct research or prepare work for themwithout advance authorization from the instructor. This includes, but is notlimited to, the services of commercial companies.4. Major portions of the same academic work may not be submitted more than oncefor credit or honors, without authorization.A proctor who observes students cheating should record their names, inform them thatdisciplinary proceedings will be initiated and report them to the Associate Dean ofStudent Services (see appendix B). Students cannot be prevented from completing anexamination simply based on the suspicion of cheating.FabricationDefinition:Intentionally falsifying or inventing any information or citation in any academicexercise.Clarification:1. "Invented" information may not be used in any laboratory experiment oracademic exercise. It would be improper, for example to analyze one sample inan experiment and "invent" data based on that single experiment for severalmore required analyses.2. One should acknowledge the actual source from which cited information wasobtained. For example, a student should not take a quotation from a book reviewand then indicate that the quotation was obtained from the book itself.3. Students must not change and resubmit previous academic work without priorpermission from the instructor.PlagiarismDefinition:Intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another person as one'sown in any academic exercise.Clarification:1. Direct Quotation – Every direct quotation must be identified by quotation marksor appropriate indentation and must be cited in a footnote or endnote.2011 – 2012 COM Student Handbook