GCA Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism in GCA Courses
GCA is a business unit of GAC Corporate Headquarters, and is responsible for competency-based assessment through its learning and development activities. Therefore, it has an obligation to all stakeholders in ensuring that certification/qualification of participants is a fair and accurate representation of their competency, skills and knowledge.
Plagiarism and other forms of cheating undermine the competency-based framework. If a participant receives a certification by unfair means it undervalues the qualification of others who achieve it on their own merit.
For these reasons, GCA has been tasked with ensuring appropriate measures are taken for assessing individual and team work projects, and to ensure the outcomes are their own original contribution.
The GAC Ethics Policy is the guiding framework for GCA's position of plagiarism, and considers individuals involved in either offering or receiving assessment tasks as equally accountable.
Copies of submissions for previous courses are retained, allowing easy detection of plagiarism. In cases where plagiarism is detected, a participant will be removed from the course, and the matter referred to the relevant Company Manager and Group Vice President, Human Resources.
GAC does not condone any form of plagiarism, as it is seen as a serious violation of the GAC Ethics Policy.