Handout Academic Honesty & Integrity

Handout Academic Honesty & Integrity Group 2 Presentation Topic By Han Min Rene Zeming Introduction: Academic honesty and integrity are essential to the educational, scholarly, and research missions of the university. All members of the university community must be held accountable for their actions and breaches of academic honesty and integrity must be taken seriously and dealt with appropriately.

Definition: 1.The student should be given adequate notice in writing of the specific ground or grounds and the nature of the evidence on which the discipline proceedings are based.

2. The student should be given an opportunity for a hearing in which the disciplinary authority provides a fair opportunity for hearing of the student's position, explanations, or evidence.

3. No disciplinary action may be taken on grounds which are not supported by any substantial evidence.

Common Issue: Cheating— to act in a dishonest way, in order to achieve different kinds of goals. Plagiarism— intentionally or unintentionally presenting/ stolen someone else’s work as your own. Fabrication— to make up something by your own thought without any truthful and strong evidence. Example of plagiarism: Culture Difference: Parts of Asian Mid-east Europe world examples Peking University University of Oxford University DUBAI What we One Peking …4. In any written work found University Academic passages quoted or closely sociology dishonesty is not paraphrased from another professor who limited to person’s work must be identified copied an entire simply cheating as quotations or paraphrases, and book into Chinese on an exam or the source of the quoted or and published it assignment. paraphrased material must be in his own name acknowledged…. did not lose his job when he was caught.

General Student Regulations: The principles of truth and honesty are fundamental to the educational process and the academic integrity of the University; therefore, no student shall:

 Claim or submit the academic work of another as one’s own.  Procure, provide, accept or use any materials containing questions or answers to any examination or assignment without proper authorization.  Complete or attempt to complete any assignment or examination for another individual without proper authorization.  Allow any examination or assignment to be completed for oneself, in part or in total, by another without proper authorization.  Alter, tamper with, appropriate, destroy or otherwise interfere with the research, resources, or other academic work of another person.  Fabricate or falsify data or results.

Punishment: Suspension-In academia, suspension is mandatory leave assigned to a student as a form of punishment that can last anywhere from one day to several weeks, during which time the student cannot attend regular school lessons. The student's parents or guardians are usually notified as to the reason for and the duration of the suspension. Sometimes students have to complete work during their suspensions for which they receive no credit. Also, upon returning to school, it is often mandatory that the student, his/her parents/guardians, and a school administrator have a meeting to discuss and evaluate the matter. In some schools this meeting is prior to the suspension

‘F’ Grade- Historically, the grades were A, B, C, D, and F—A being the highest and F, denoting failure, the lowest. The A–F (A–E) quality index is typically quantified by correlation to a five-point numerical scale as follows: A = 4.0 B = 3.0 C = 2.0 D = 1.0 F = 0.0

Academic Freedom for Students at MSU: A student, who receives a penalty grade based upon a charge of academic dishonesty, even if not referred for disciplinary action, may seek a hearing according to the procedures in this Article. In such a hearing, the burden of proof shall rest upon the instructor whose prior assignment of the penalty grade will constitute a charge of academic dishonesty. The hearing board shall proceed in compliance with applicable academic legislation on the integrity of scholarship, grades, and professional standards, and the procedural and appeal provisions of this document shall apply. THANKS FOR YOUR LISTENING