Plagiarism
Honesty in writing and speaking requires a balance between using words and ideas that are part of the common domain and careful ascription of borrowed ideas and words. Much information is commonly accepted and need not be acknowledged. However, ideas and words that represent the academic achievements of others may be used only with acknowledgment. Failure to do so is plagiarism. The most obvious form of plagiarism is the direct quotation of words without quotation marks, parenthetical ascription, footnote, or endnote. Less obvious forms of plagiarism consist of paraphrases of another's words and the use of an opinion with no reference to the source.
Standards of scholarship at Calvin Theological Seminary forbid plagiarism. Plagiarism is literary theft, will be viewed as a serious infraction of honest scholarship, and will be dealt with according to measures determined by the institution.