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Revised October 4, 2021
It is the responsibility of all students to understand the standards and methods of proper attribution and to clarify with each instructor the standards, expectation, and reference techniques appropriate to the subject area and class requirements, including group work and internet use. Students are encouraged to seek out information about these methods from instructors and other resources and to apply this information in all submissions of academic work. Each of the following constitutes a violation of the Code of Academic Responsibility:
I. Plagiarism: A. Appropriating the ideas, concepts, images (including but not limited to drawings, designs, or photographs) or language of another person and presenting them without attribution, constitutes plagiarism. Great care should be taken in academic work to acknowledge fully the source or sources of all ideas, language, diagrams, charts, etc. For specific questions the faculty member should be consulted, but the following rules must be observed:
Any sequence of words which are taken verbatim from another source must be enclosed in quotation marks and the source identified in the manner designated by the instructor.
Paraphrases and interpretations from a source should have the source identified.
Unless otherwise directed, students doing laboratory work are expected to make all necessary measurements, drawings and calculations independently, based on their own work. Observations, including numerical data, are to be collected independently.
Borrowing various words, ideas, phrases, or data from original sources and blending them with one's own requires acknowledging the sources.
If instructors permit seeking assistance of other students on academic work, the exact nature of the assistance must be acknowledged in detail. This includes papers, laboratory work, and computer programs.
Any use of a commercial writing service is forbidden.
II. Other Academic Misconduct: A. Submitting the same work for credit in more than one course without permission of each instructor involved. B. Attempting to give or to receive unauthorized assistance on academic work, and attempting to hinder others in their academic work. C. Furnishing false information to University officials on matters relating to academic work. This is to include but not be limited to:
False information provided for the purpose of obtaining special consideration (for example, postponement of examinations or of deadlines for written work).
Fraudulent registration for classes.
Signing the name of an absent person to an attendance sheet.
Reporting the results of experiments or surveys not performed.
D. Attempting to gain unauthorized access to exams or tests. E. Cheating during examinations, which includes:
Attempting to look at another student’s exam.
Attempting to communicate concerning the content of the exam with another student.
Attempting to use any materials (such as notebooks, notes, textbooks) not specifically authorized by the faculty member.
F. Failure to follow any of the procedures outlined above in regard to taking examinations, tests and quizzes. G. Failure to sign a book or periodical out of the Library or from other consortium libraries.
Procedures for Reporting Violations
Procedures for Determining Level of Responsibility for Violations and Penalties
After a violation has been alleged, one of the two following procedures must be followed: I. The student who is accused of the violation and the faculty member involved may choose to have the faculty member decide the case and assess the penalties as he or she determines. There will be no appeal process for cases decided in this fashion.
II. The student accused of the violation, or the faculty member involved, may choose to have the case heard directly by the Judicial Board.
Please direct all questions to the Student Affairs Office in The Commons, 215-572-2933.