Misunderstanding Academic Integrity

The Associated Press reports that a group of students at the University of Texas at San Antonio were tasked with coming up with a code of academic integrity in order to combat plagiarism.  Now these students are being investigated for plagiarising their code from that of Brigham Young University.

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Too damn funny! It's a smart time saving move though maybe their learning something down there. I'm sure they'd fit in well with the current business world.
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| Good students copy, great students steal.

Poor students copy.
Good students do it themselves.
Better students steal.
Great students don't get caught.

and

Grad students don't do anything.
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If they copied it "word for word" then they are just stupid lazy people who didn't take their task seriously. These are probably a bunch of kids that thought it would help pad their resumes or look good on a grad school application.
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Ugh please.

How is replicating another school's law / rule / code plagiarism? That falls in the realm of fair use. Lots of governing organizations "steal" ideas from others policies, by-laws, and regulation. There is no need to cite.
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Borrowing ideas is one thing. Borrowing text word-for-word without acknowledging your source is plagiarism.

Every student in every college/university has the rules about plagiarism hammered into their noggins from Day 1.
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