Unauthorized Collaboration

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Unauthorized Collaboration

• Kansas State University
• Honor Integrity System

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Unauthorized Collaboration

• Working with other(s)
• Without SPECIFIC instructor permission
• On assignments
• Where a grade is given

University of California Davis pamphlet
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Examples

• Working on homework together
• Copying someones spreadsheet
• Having someone help you rewrite a paper
• Working in a group on a lab report
• Debugging anothers computer program
• Checking homework answers with others

University of California Davis pamphlet
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Why Does Unauthorized Collaboration Happen?

• You are used to working with a buddy.
• You ran out of time to do your own work.
• You think this assignment is just busy work.
• You dont agree with the instructors rules.

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What are the Consequences of Unauthorized
Collaboration?

• No credit for the assignment.
• Taking the Development Integrity class.
• Embarrassing explanations to friends and parents
  about an Incomplete on transcript.
• If you commit a SECOND Honor Pledge violation,
  you might be sitting in an Honor Council hearing
  looking at stiffer sanctions.

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How to PreventUnauthorized Collaboration

• Read your syllabi CAREFULLY.
• Pay attention to assignment guidelines.
• If in doubt, ASK the instructor.
• Default DO YOUR OWN WORK.

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Unauthorized Collaboration

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Honor Integrity System

• Director David Allen
• Associate Director
• Administrative Assistant Bethany Ewing
• Honor Council Chair Dyan McBride
• HIPE President Whitney Palmgren
• honor_at_ksu.edu OR 785-532-2595