It is something most educators dread, but at the same time, plagiarism is something the academic community feels strongly about. Most academics find themselves obligated to address instances of plagiarism, which is often discussed using terms heavily laden with moral judgments, such as ‘cheating’ or ‘academic dishonesty’. We even did it ourselves when we headlined this article with words like ‘integrity’, placing the act of plagiarism as the moral opposite of having academic integrity.