ハーバードの社会人大学院(Harvard University Extension School)でテクニカルライティングとマネジメントのコースを取っていたときに、最初の授業で教官にいわれることは、レポート作成においてPlagiarism (盗作)は許されないということでした。ハーバードのポリシーをここに引用しますが、”いかなる理由であれ、レポートを盗作したものは通常は退学に処する”(下線部)とあります。
Preparation of Papers and Other Work: Plagiarism and Collaboration
All homework assignments, projects, lab reports, papers and examinations submitted to a course are expected to be the student's own work. Students should always take great care to distinguish their own ideas and knowledge from information derived from sources. The term "sources" includes not only published primary and secondary material, but also information and opinions gained directly from other people.
The responsibility for learning the proper forms of citation lies with the individual student. Quotations must be placed properly within quotation marks and must be cited fully. In addition, all paraphrased material must be acknowledged completely. Whenever ideas or facts are derived from a student's reading and research or from a student's own writings, the sources must be indicated......(中略)
Students who, for whatever reason, submit work either not their own or without clear attribution to its sources will be subject to disciplinary action, and ordinarily required to withdraw from the College.