Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use of another person’s work (including words, ideas, designs, or data) without giving appropriate attribution or citation (7).

Plagiarism is an unethical practice in scientific research where an author would borrow texts, graphical representations, concepts, or analyses of other researchers without giving proper credit. Instead, these authors would claim the credit of these ideas for their own in two ways. The first is by taking the actual ideas and saying it was the result of the work they have done. The second method is done by intentionally omitting the resources that these concepts were derived from.

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik considers plagiarism as a serious breach of academic and professional standards and a violation of the USEK Code of Ethics, Research, and Student Codes of Conduct. Any individual caught involved with plagiarism is subject to exclusion and/or annulment of their degree.

As such, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik retains the right to investigate every submission be it a simple report or a doctorate thesis by using the appropriate software that allows the detection of plagiarism. Any individual submitting his/her doctorate thesis who is found guilty of plagiarism will have his/her submission deleted, and they will no longer be able to apply for a new topic at USEK.

(7) Cf. USEK Student Code of Conduct/Article III/§a.3