Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?
When you copy (parts of) a friend's paper, a book or material on the Internet without mentioning it in your text, you are plagiarizing. In order not to plagiarize, you must learn how to reference correctly. Plagiarism is considered cheating and is dealt with in accordance with Hanken's Action Plan against Academic Dishonesty.

Electronic programmes as help aids when detecting plagiarism
All Master's Theses handed in after 1 January 2010 are be plagiarism controlled with the help of programmes for plagiarism detection (Urkund or Turnitin). It is also recommended that all other written assignments handed in by students should be tested in a programme for plagiarism detection. Programmes for plagiarism detection can never independently perform a plagiarism control but are to be seen as help aids for the teachers when it comes to plagiarism detection. More information on the plagiarism control can be found under IT-Services.

Reference technique
In order to avoid plagiarizing you should master a reference technique. Information about reference techniques can be found in this writing guide.