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9.4 Academic Honesty Because of the relationship between copyright, and academic reputation, to present someone else's work or ideas as your own is dishonest, and in extreme cases, illegal. This kind of dishonesty is called plagiarism. The university takes cases of plagiarism very seriously and allows academic penalties for it, including a failing grade for the course in which the plagiarism occurred - read Maritime College's Academic Integrity Policy. It is very easy to protect yourself against plagiarism. All you have to do is give credit to the sources that you used. Giving proper credit will also boost your credibility in the eyes of your professor, since this demonstrates that you have read and understood the required material, and also demonstrates that you are learning how to read and write in your professor's subject discipline. Giving full credit to a source requires two things:
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