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Dharma
is a digital community devoted to the pursuit of knowledge and
the expansion of cultural exchange and comprehension.
Users
of Dharma will subscribe to the following Terms of Use...
- Copyright
Protections
All work found in these pages is the intellectual property of
its author, or of Dharma as a collective body of work. Federal
and international copyright laws protect all content found here,
and any reproduction or redistribution of such content must
be preceded by written consent from the Editors.
- Editorial
Staff & Content Direction
Members will appoint editorial staff to participate in the process
of cultivating and publishing content to the web through Dharma.
- Thematic
Focus
Dharma will maintain a central editorial mission, though a broad
variety of themes and points of view will be explored as the
project evolves.
- Free
Debate & Quality of Commentary
The work published through Dharma will be selected according
to open, but elevated editorial standards. While the goal is
to field a broad and diverse commentary, in the interests of
intellectual pursuit and general understanding, Dharma's editors
will not accept writings that deliberately provoke aggression
or malice, or which appear in nature to be arbitrary reactions
and not well-founded theoretical or creative works.
Casavaria
aspires not only to provide access to information and communities
where research and creative work can be shared and critiqued,
but also to instill in the use of digital media the basic principles
of academic integrity. These, succinctly, are as follows:
- Citation
& Fair Use
All phrases drawn from the work of others, whether verbatim
or in paraphrase, must be visibly and accurately cited according
to accepted standards. As such, no user, student or professor,
shall in any way attempt to use the work of others under his
or her own name.
- Truthfulness/Substantiation
of Claims
Due to the implied wisdom of professional research, any claims
of scientific fact or veracity must in good faith be based on
some substantiating evidence or honest critical examination
of materials studied.
- Viewing
Casavaria Resources
All users must treat information shared or discovered through
Casavaria's pages as printed or published material, subject
to the same standards of authorship, citation and fair use.
Any attempt to use another individual's words as one's own is
illegal and strictly forbidden.
- Creative
Application
According to Casavaria's Integrated Academics philosophy, the
creative application of studied knowledge is a necessary and
beneficial part of the academic process. Individuals are encouraged
to use their learning in new and experimental ways, but always
in keeping with Academic Integrity guidelines.
- Sincere
Knowledge
True learning requires a deep, broadly intuited comprehension
of materials being studied. The rote learning of facts is only
one part of this process. For the sake of each individual's
long-term benefit, every academic participant in Casavaria's
University Services should be engaged in processing what is
researched and integrating the resulting knowledge into a lifelong
intellectual pursuit.
- Insitutional
Primacy
The rules governing Academic Integrity set forth by your institution,
when they go beyond Casavaria's restrictions, must be adhered
to during any engagement with Casavaria's University Services.
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