- No Candidate shall represent another person's work as his/her own in any assignment, even if the material so represented constitutes only a part of the work submitted.
- No Candidate shall copy ideas found in print books, articles, research papers or on the Internet without giving proper credit to the original sources.
- No Candidate shall use formal WorldCC feedback provided to another learner.
- No Candidate shall contribute any work to another learner if he/she knows or should know that the latter may submit the work in part or whole as his/her own.
- Receipt of payment in whatever form for work contributed shall raise a presumption that the learner had such knowledge.
- Any Candidate found to have committed or aided and abetted the offense of plagiarism may be subject to the following penalties depending on the severity of involvement in the offense.
- The Candidate shall receive no marks or a reduction of marks for the relevant assignment;
- The Candidate shall fail the program of study, with or without any marks given for that program of study; and
- A person found to have aided and abetted shall lose their certified status.
- Candidates should seek clarification from their supervisors if they are unsure whether they are plagiarising another person's work.