• plagiarism
• submitting someone else's work as your own
• submitting your own work more than once for marks, without teacher permission
• falsification of results or data
• ignoring or failing to include relevant details
Failing to clearly identify borrowed material and as a result,
failing to give credit to the source/author of the borrowed material;
representing someone else's work as your own.
Here's the "rule of thumb":
2017
WIRED fires reporter for plagiarism
2013
Top administrator leaves Kean University after plagiarism probe
2012
Waterloo prof and student caught up in plagiarism scandal
2011
Investigation into U of Alberta dean who plagiarized speech not public 1
Waterloo prof and student caught up in plagiarism scandal
Dongqing Li, a professor in the Engineering department at UW apologized, saying:
“I am very sorry for the plagiarism contained in the review paper. I take responsibility for this mistake, and for my delayed action in withdrawing the paper when I learned of the plagiarism. Further, I should have specified the extent of the plagiarized text in the retraction note.
“Academic and scholarly integrity is the most important aspect of my work. I apologize to those impacted by my actions, including my colleagues and students, the university and the research community.”1
And think, as well, about how the professor's colleagues will regard him from now on.
Perhaps, losing 4 months' pay is only a small part of the price he will have paid.
1. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/resolution-research-misconduct-allegation