Plagiarism is described as an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorisation and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author (Merriam-Webster, 2004).  Simply said, in the academic world plagiarism means to steal from someone else and pass it off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own.  Although plagiarism is not criminalised, plagiarism is a very serious issue for academics.  Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional, however, the eradication thereof has entirely been an important issue for academia since the early sixteen hundreds.  Whilst the University of Alberta indicates that plagiarism constitutes an important breach of five fundamental values of academic integrity: viz.  honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility, as well as academic conventions, Da Vinci has formulated its own Plagiarism Policy. Not only does the Da Vinci Institute align with the thoughts mentioned above, but Da Vinci also views plagiarism as actions that weaken the educational process such as the shameless copying of any aspect of the programme, or dishonest actions such as quoting in essays or reports from books, handouts or the work of other students without explicitly stating that this is being done. This is firmly discouraged by the Da Vinci Institute.  Students found not to comply with this requirement may be deregistered and will not be able to continue their studies at Da Vinci.