MIST faculty has met and reviewed the Feb 4th incident of one student’s proposal (Proposal C) copied “structure, design and format” of a proposal (Proposal O) by another students without permission in XYZ. MIST faculty has decided the following actions and comment:
1. Ethics and integrity are essential in education, especially in School of ITCD. Any plagiarism is not tolerated and will result in failing the assignment at the minimum, expelling from the program AND the university likely.
2. The faculty concluded the offense of coping “structure, design and format” without permission is unprofessional and should be discouraged. However, the faculty does not categorize the offense as plagiarism since most of the content of the proposals are distinct.
3. The student who copied the structure, design and format should complete the following actions within a week from today. Otherwise more severe measures will be taken by the MIST program.
a. Send an email to the original author, apologize for the action, and ask for permission to use the “structure, design and format” or Proposal O.
b. If the permission is granted in three days, acknowledgment should be included in the new version of Proposal C. If the permission is denied or not received within three days, Proposal C should be reformatted and revised so no components of Proposal O are used.
Please email me if you have any questions.
Eric Tao, on behalf of MIST Faculty
