Nationally and internationally, plagiarism, especially using materials from the Internet, has been a particular problem in courses, presentation files, course essays and even thesis materials.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated from anyone who is a member of iBioMEP. In case you are unsure on how to cite work of others please consult your supervisor he/she should know!

In cases of academic malpractice, iBioMEP follows the policies and recommendations of the National Advisory Board on Research Ethics. Details are contained in publications available from: www.tenk.fi

Since all members of iBioMEP have been informed of this policy, what constitutes plagiarism (see below) and what constitutes proper acknowledgement of another's work (see below), ANY incidence of plagiarism will likely result in being expelled from iBioMEP, loss of future funding from sources managed by iBioMEP, but other regulations at individual universities or institutes may apply. Details will be reported to the Ministry of Education and to the Academy of Finland as is required.

(see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism)

In order to make it absolutely clear here are some rules to follow:

1. You can never ever use material of others - figures, text or other materials - without proper referencing and acknowledgement. (This includes any material whether copyrighted or not or whether from the printed page or from the Internet).
2. Directly quoted text should be placed in quotes and an explicit statement and reference should make the situation absolutely clear to the reader.
3. Figures, when reproduced entirely - this fact should be clearly stated in the figure legend along with the reference/source/web page/etc. [give a very specific indication in the legend if you are also reproducing the text of the figure legend, too, with permission of the copyright holder, of course].
4. Figures of others that are adapted (changed somewhat) for your own use should be accompanied with a statement such as this: "This figure was adapted from Figure 6 of … giving the full reference to the original authors and figure.
5. You must obtain written permission from the copyright holder for the reproduction of copyrighted material in any publication, including theses. - Remember that you are not the copyright holder of your own publications unless the journal has explicitly returned the rights to you.
6. Every co-author on a paper to be published has the responsibility to ensure that the text and results are original and that they belong to the authors.
7. You may never use material from any web site unless you treat it in a similar way as with copyrighted material. If it looks as though you are trying to pass the material off to others as your own - no quotes, no citation, and no acknowledgements - then you are engaging in plagiarism! Rules on plagiarism extend to all activities including course work, course laboratory reports, theses, etc.