Plagiarism Guidelines
Plagiarism is a form of cheating; it is a practice that involves knowingly taking and using another person's work and claiming it (directly or indirectly) as one's own. This could constitute another participant's work within the current or previous courses, or content taken directly from the internet.
When quoting from another participant's work, quotation marks should be used and the original author acknowledged. For example:
In his post, John Smith said that "Cash Flow in GAC is the essence of good financial practice." I believe he is correct in this matter, because ultimately without money in the bank, we cannot move forward as a business.
When quoting from an external source, any answers based on researched work quoted in assignments need to be accompanied by a reference to the author / source from where it was obtained (inclusive but not limited to the internet, textbooks, interviews, etc.) This does not have to be in the rigorous form of University-style referencing – any way of acknowledging the source is fine. For example:
On the xyz site they define Lifelong Learning as … "…." Or. "Lifelong learning is …….." says xyz person or website.
It is unacceptable for an entire course assignment or forum post to be taken from another source. Discussing the topic in your own words and from your own experience is an essential part of every GCA course assignment.