Professional Conduct

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ProfessionalConduct

• Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
  University of Texas at Austin

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Professionalism

• Professional Courtesy
• Personal Responsibility
• Respect for Others
• Ethics Integrity

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Professional Courtesy

• Titles and Positions
• Superiors
• Mentors
• Peers Contemporaries
• Subordinates
• Written Communications
• Oral Communications
• Personal Responsibility

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Personal Responsibility

• Responsiveness
• Timeliness
• Decorum
• Conduct
• Ownership
• Competence

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Respect for Others

• Discourse and Opinions
• Tolerance and Encouragement
• Harassment Discrimination
• Sexual
• Cultural
• Religious
• Racial / Ethnic
• Political

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ASPA Code of Ethics

• Serve the Public Interest
• Respect the Constitution and the Law
• Demonstrate Personal Integrity
• Promote Ethical Organizations
• Strive for Professional Excellence

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Academic Integrity

• Requires honesty
• Give credit where due
• Complete own work IAW standards

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The UT Honor Code

• The core values of the University of Texas at
  Austin are learning, discovery, freedom,
  leadership, individual opportunity and
  responsibility. Each member of the university is
  expected to uphold these values through
  integrity, honesty, trust, fairness and respect
  toward peers and community.
• (adopted April 2004)

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Scholastic Dishonesty

• (A breach of academic integrity standards)
• Cheating
• Collusion
• Unauthorized Collaboration
• Falsifying Records
• Plagiarism
• (Any act designed to give unfair advantage)

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Avoiding Scholastic Dishonesty

• Know what instructor expects
• Dont allow self to feel desperate
• Dont put off to last minute
• Dont think risks are worth it
• Get help early
• Know the rules and standards

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Discipline Dishonesty

• WHO
• Student Judicial Services
• Office of the Dean of Students
• Student Services Building, Rm 4.400
• 471-2841 www.utexas.edu/depts/dos/sjs
• WHAT
• Chpt 11, Institutional Rules on Student Services
  and Activities, Appendix C, General Information
  Catalog

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At the LBJ School

• Graduate Advisor
• Liaison with SJS
• Advises Faculty
• Each Faculty and Staff Member
• Each Student
• Policy on Academic Integrity

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Faculty Disposition

• Range of Penalties
• Written Warning
• Re-submit / Re-take
• Reduced / Zero Credit
• Reduced / Failing Grade
• Recommend Suspension
• Recommend Expulsion
• SJS Reviews (may add to penalty)
• Student may appeal to President on penalty only.

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About Plagiarism

• Ms. Talitha May
• Writing Instructor
• LBJ School of Public Affairs