VI. Consequences for plagiarism at Gilman School

By plagiarizing an assignment, students are both acting against their own integrity
and putting themselves at risk for academic failure.  Consequences will result in
both areas.

Honor consequences:

Plagiarism offenses will be brought before the Honor Committee at the discretion
of the teacher who has observed the honor violation. Once a teacher has brought
the matter before the Honor Committee, the committee will convene to pass judgment
on the implicated student.  The Honor Committee, upon hearing arguments regarding
the offense, may judge in any of the following ways:

--Decide that no honor violation has been committed.

--Recommend suspension of the student for any number of days.

--Place a reprimand in the student’s personal file that will be a part of his permanent record.

--Recommend the student for expulsion.

The Headmaster of the school reserves the right to reverse any decision made by the committee.

Academic consequences:

The teacher reserves the right to give a zero to the student’s assignment, regardless
of the paper’s merit as evaluated by traditional standards and regardless of how
small the plagiarism offense might be. Alternatively, the teacher may decide simply
to dock points or to require the student to rewrite the paper in full.