Academic Honesty

Student Academic Honesty Code: School of Management Implementation and Adjudication Procedures

(Approved Fall 2022)

Preamble

海角乱伦社区 depends on the honesty and integrity of its faculty, staff and students to carry out its academic mission. As such, every member of the 海角乱伦社区 University community is charged with upholding the Academic Honesty Code. Actions that breach the Code erode the trust of those who look to universities for honest evaluations of academic work arrived at through honest processes. Violations of the Code may also cause individual harm, including under- and over-evaluations of performance as well as inaccurate reports of performance to post-graduate schools, professional societies and employers. With so much at stake, collectively and individually, 海角乱伦社区 University views maintaining academic honesty and integrity as the obligation of all members of the faculty, staff and student body.

This document refers to the adjudication of issues of academic honesty for students. 

Publication and Dissemination of the University Academic Honesty Code

Students will receive copies of the Academic Honesty Code during Orientation. They will acknowledge the code and their intent to abide by its terms each semester when they log onto the registration system. Faculty will ensure enforcement of the code.

海角乱伦社区 Academic Honesty Code

For a complete copy of the University Academic Honesty Code view the .

Actions Outside the Boundaries of Academic Honesty and Integrity

No set of written guidelines can anticipate all types and degrees of violations of academic honesty. To the extent that the examples below are not exhaustive, duly-appointed representatives of the School of Management will judge each case according to its merits. They will be guided by the principle that academic dishonesty involves misappropriation of academic or intellectual credit to oneself or to the discredit of others. Instances of such dishonesty include:

Plagiarism

Presenting the work of another person as one鈥檚 own work (including papers, words, ideas, information, computer code, data, evidence-organizing principles, or style of presentation of someone else taken from the Internet, books, periodicals or other sources). Plagiarism includes:

  • Quoting, paraphrasing or summarizing without acknowledgment, even a few phrases.
  • Failing to acknowledge the source of either a major idea or ordering principle central to one鈥檚 own paper.
  • Relying on another person鈥檚 data, evidence or critical method without credit or permission.
  • Submitting another person鈥檚 work as one鈥檚 own.
  • Using unacknowledged research sources gathered by someone else.

Cheating on Examinations

Giving or receiving unauthorized help before, during or after an examination. Examples of cheating include:

  • Unauthorized collaboration of any sort during an examination.
  • Reading of an examination before it has been given.
  • Unauthorized use of notes, books, computers or other aids during an examination.
  • Allowing another person to take an examination in one鈥檚 place.
  • Looking at someone else's examination during the examination period.
  • Allowing another person to use one鈥檚 own examination during the examination period.
  • Providing examination information to students who have not yet taken the examination.

Multiple Submissions

Submitting substantial portions of the same work for credit more than once, unless there is prior explicit consent of the instructor(s) to whom the material is being or has been submitted.

Unauthorized Collaboration

Collaboration on projects, papers, or other academic assignments where such collaboration has been prohibited by the instructor. 

Fabrication and Misrepresentation

Misrepresenting or fabricating material, including misleading citation of sources as well as falsified or fabricated data or results from experiments or other analyses. 

Misrepresenting facts related to academic performance, including the justification of absences, late assignments and other activities.

Forgery

Imitating another person鈥檚 signature on academic documents (for example, an academic advising form or one鈥檚 own paper that is signed with respect to the time of submission) or other official documents that have an effect on academic credit (for example, a medical form submitted in support of taking a make-up examination).

Sabotage

Deliberately impairing, destroying, damaging or stealing another鈥檚 work or working material. Examples include: 

  • Destroying, stealing or damaging another鈥檚 laboratory experiment, computer program, term paper, examination or project.
  • Removing uncharged library materials with the effect that others cannot use them.
  • Defacing or damaging library materials with the effect that others cannot use them.
  • Hoarding or displacing materials within the library with the effect that others have undue difficulty using them.
  • Interfering with the operation of a computer system so it has an adverse effect on the academic performance of others.

Bribery

Offering or receiving any service or article with the purpose or effect of receiving a grade or other academic benefit that was not earned on the merits of the academic work.

Buying and Selling Course Materials on the Internet

There are internet sites through which college students can buy and sell course materials such as answers to exam questions or assignments, or papers (e.g., Chegg and CourseHero). If you use these 鈥渟tudy sites鈥 or similar platforms to obtain course materials, or otherwise acquire or access course materials without your instructor鈥檚 permission, you face a charge of 鈥淯nauthorized Collaboration.鈥 If you use such sites to sell or distribute course materials, you face a charge of 鈥淐heating鈥 and may also be participating in copyright infringement. 

Responsibility for Implementation of the Academic Honesty Code

Each school of 海角乱伦社区 will implement the Student Academic Honesty Code and adjudicate all matters related thereto (except as noted below) through its own committee structure. Academic dishonesty adjudication processes are handled by the school offering the course in which the student has been accused of academic dishonesty (regardless of if the student is admitted to a different school). For example, a Psychology student in Harpur College accused of academic dishonesty in a School of Management course would be subject to the School of Management adjudication processes. Of note, in cases of alleged academic dishonesty by a graduate student, consultation between schools will occur, as appropriate, to navigate any potential larger impact departments may incur if a student is found responsible for academic dishonesty.

Each school is responsible for reporting findings of guilt (either by admission or by adjudication) to the Provost鈥檚 Office to be archived in a central database. Reports of academic dishonesty will be retained by the School of Management until the student's graduation, or for six years following the semester or term of the violation in the case of a student who departs from the University without graduating.

The Graduate School鈥檚 Role in Academic Dishonesty Cases

Each of 海角乱伦社区's schools has an Academic Honesty Committee. Each school will handle their own academic honesty cases involving graduate students as noted above, with the following exception:

If an Academic Honesty Committee recommends revocation of a degree, then the written recommendation and all materials pertaining to the case should be submitted within 10 business days to the Graduate School for review. At his or her discretion, the Dean of the Graduate School may call the committee together, and/or summon the student (or graduate) in the process of rendering his/her decision. If the Dean of the Graduate School concurs with the recommendation, then the respondent will be informed by the Dean. Within 10 business days of receiving the decision of the Dean, the student (or graduate) may file a written appeal of that decision, of no more than 500 words, with the Provost, whose determination following examination of the evidence and written recommendations will be final.

Any graduate programs temporarily residing in the Graduate School will report and adjudicate all cases through the Graduate Council鈥檚 Academic Standards Committee. These processes and procedures can be found here: /grad-school/policies-and-procedures/manual/academic-honesty.html#The_Graduate_School_Role.

At its discretion, the Academic Honesty Committee in any department or school may consult with the Graduate Council鈥檚 Academic Standards Committee about unusual or complicated cases. When an act of academic dishonesty violates the University鈥檚 policy on ethical research, the procedures outlined in the Policy on Responsible Conduct of Research, as found in the University Bulletin, apply.

Interpretation of the Academic Honesty Code

Violations of the code vary in severity, so that the appropriate punishments vary. Some violations (Category I) may be handled by the instructor and student(s) involved. However, violations requiring more severe penalties (Category II) are appropriately dealt with by the School of Management Academic Honesty Committee in accordance with procedures laid out in the Code of Student Conduct. 

  • Category I violations are serious but may be dealt with by the instructor. 
  • Category II violations may result in letters of reprimand, probation, suspension or expulsion from the University, transcript notation, and/or revocation of degree or honors. 
  • Behavior explicitly permitted in a course syllabus or explicitly permitted by the instructor for a specific assignment is not a violation of the code.

Plagiarism. This may be either a Category I or Category II violation, depending on the amount of material that is plagiarized and the degree of premeditation. A Category I violation involves small amounts of plagiarized material 鈥 for example, a single passage or a relatively minor idea. Category II violations occur when more material is plagiarized or where central ideas are plagiarized. Category II violations may involve more planning and premeditation.

Cheating on Examinations. This may be either a Category I or Category II violation, depending on the level or amount of unauthorized help given or received on the examination and the degree of premeditation. Category I includes looking at another鈥檚 examination or collaborating on a small portion of the examination. Category II violations involve significant cheating on an examination and may involve more planning and premeditation (i.e., providing a copy of an examination to another student).

Multiple Submissions. This is a Category I violation.

Unauthorized Collaboration. This is a Category I violation, unless it also involves Category II offenses.

Fabrication and Misrepresentation. This may be a Category I or Category II violation.

Forgery. This is a Category II violation.

Sabotage. This is a Category II violation.

Bribery. This is a Category II violation.

Note that misconduct involving forgery, sabotage and bribery refers only to such offenses when committed for an academic purpose as defined in the University Academic Honesty Code. Any violations involving other aspects of student life or subject to federal, state and/or local law are dealt with through the University Judicial System.

Categorization of Academic Violations

If there is no previous academic honestly violation by the accused student on record with the Provost鈥檚 Office, then it is at the instructor鈥檚 discretion as to whether the alleged offense constitutes a Category I or Category II violation. There are two factor鈥檚 which instructors should consider when making this determination:  

  1. The nature of the violation. According to the University Academic Honesty Code, and as noted above, some types of violations are Category I in nature, some are Category I or II, and some are automatically Category II. 
  2. The severity of the violation. The instructor should consider the level of premeditation involved in the violation, the extent of material copied, the value of the assignment, etc.

Category I Violations

If an instructor discovers a Category I violation, the instructor must first meet with the student in-person, over the phone, or via Zoom to communicate the nature of the charge and the evidence the instructor has relied on to reach the conclusion that a violation has occurred. The student must be given the opportunity to respond. If the instructor remains convinced by a preponderance of evidence that a violation has occurred, the instructor must consult with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs to verify if the student has any record of a previous academic honesty code violation on file with the Provost鈥檚 Office. Students who are accused of a second (or more) Category I offense will have their cases treated as Category II offenses. As noted below, Category II cases will be referred to the School of Management Academic Honesty Committee.

If the accused student does not have any previous violation of the Academic Honesty Code on file, the course instructor must fill out a Report of Category I Academic Dishonesty