Academic Integrity 

The IB and IGB take Academic Integrity very seriously, and students throughout MYP and into the IB DP/CP or Courses pathways are supported to be academically honest. 

Basic Definitions are outlined below, and all students through a series of workshops are informed with clarity so they can work with integrity. At the end of the process they sign an Academic Honesty pledge and then must follow this:-  

A4.2.1 Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as the representation, intentionally or unintentionally, of the ideas, words or work of another person without proper, clear and explicit acknowledgment. The IB uses plagiarism detection software to identify when this occurs.

All candidates for the IB diploma are expected to acknowledge use of the work or ideas of another person in any work they may submit for assessment by using a standard style of referencing.

A4.2.2 Collusion

Coordinators need to be aware that candidates are expected to present assessments in their own words and acknowledge the words or ideas of others where collaboration has occurred. While group working is a key element in certain subjects, for example, sciences, collusion occurs when this goes beyond collaboration, for example, when a single (or very similar) version of a report is presented by a number of candidates as their own individual work.

A4.2.3 Other forms of academic misconduct

Other forms of academic misconduct include:

• duplicating work to meet the requirements of more than one assessment component

• falsification or inventing fictitious data for an assignment

• taking unauthorized material into an examination room (this poster gives details)

• disruption of an examination by an act of misconduct, such as distracting another candidate or creating a disturbance

• exchanging, supporting, or attempting to support, the passing on of information that is or could be related to the examination

• failing to comply with the instructions of the invigilator or other member of the school’s staff responsible for the conduct of the examination

• impersonating another candidate

• theft of examination papers

• obtaining or seeking to obtain, disclosing, sharing or discussing the content of an examination paper with a person outside the immediate school community either at any time before the start of an examination or within 24 hours after the examination has ended

• use of essay-writing services (ghost-written or purchased essays) offering assistance in writing essays or other assessment materials.