Library Guides: Academic Integrity for Students: Cheating &amp; Contract Cheating

What are Cheating Behaviours?

Cheating, as defined by Centennial's Academic Honesty and Plagiarism policy, is: "the attempt to gain an improper advantage in academic endeavours". Below are some examples of cheating included in the policy:

Contract Cheating

Contract cheating is a “form of academic dishonesty where students get academic work completed on their behalf, which they then submit for academic credit [and/or advantage] as if they had created it themselves” (source: ContractCheating.com)

Examples of contract cheating include:

purchasing an assignment from an online site
obtaining assistance from someone else that goes beyond mere editing to writing of the assignment or solving of the problem
participating in unauthorized discussion group or sharing answers to an assignment
posting or purchasing answers to an exam, assignment, problem or any other assessed work
paying someone to write a test or exam (Center for Academic Integrity, 2016)