Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[Violet], a Bryn Mawr senior majoring in [Chocolatiering] at Haverford, contacted Honor Council after being confronted by Professor [Wonka] regarding suspected plagiarism on her thesis draft. Professor Wonka became suspicious that Violet had plagiarized when he noticed an inconsistency between professional sounding and poorly written material. In addition to that, Professor Wonka noticed that the well written parts of the paper did not seem in line with his impression of Violet’s understanding of the topic. Indeed, Professor Wonka found that numerous portions of Violet’s paper could be found verbatim or nearly verbatim in published works. Honor Council consented to a suspicion of a violation and sent this case to an academic trial. The jury found Violet in violation of the Honor Code. During the trial, Violet attributed the violation to a lack of understanding of proper citation and to her belief that since the assignment was only a draft, she could fix any mistakes she made before turning in the final version. Resolutions were aimed at educating Violet on academic integrity and restoring the breach of trust between Violet and Professor Wonka, as well as between Violet and the BiCo community