Kansas State University Honor

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Kansas State UniversityHonor Integrity System
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Honor Integrity System Terms

• Honor Integrity System all encompassing
  includes Honor Council members, both faculty and
  students, Honor Integrity System Director and
  Associate Director, office staff, the Honor
  Pledge, and Constitution and Investigation and
  Adjudication Procedures

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Honor Integrity System Terms

• Honor Council the 54 members that are charged
  with the investigation and adjudication process,
  shared by faculty and students

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Honor Integrity System Terms

• Honor and Integrity Peer Educators (H.I.P.E.)
  group of students that are charged with educating
  the campus about the Honor Integrity System.
  They also help advise students coming through
  the System.

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The Pledge

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The Pledge

• On my honor, as a student I have neither given
  nor received unauthorized aid on this academic
  work.

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Academic Dishonesty

• Unauthorized Collaboration
• Plagiarism
• Unauthorized material during exams
• Falsification of laboratory results
• Resubmitting a quiz or assignment for grading

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Procedure

• Report is filed with Honor Integrity System
  office
• Case Investigators assigned
• Meeting with involved parties
• Hearing Panel called
• Hearing
• Violation?
• Sanction?

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Sanctions

• Warning
• Required to redo the assignment/exam
• No credit for the assignment/exam
• Enrolling in the Development Integrity Course
• XF in the Course
• Recommendation for suspension or expulsion

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Case Studies

• Oliver is involved in an organized living
  situation. He is currently studying for an
  upcoming final. A senior living in the same area
  asks which class the final is in. Oliver relates
  the name of the instructor and the course. The
  senior shows Oliver some test files as recent as
  last semester. Copies of the exams are not
  currently available from the instructor. Oliver
  uses these tests to study for the final. Is
  Oliver violating the Honor Pledge?
• Yes No

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Case Studies

• Ned just finished writing a term paper for
  English Comp I. He accesses the web site that
  offers to critique the paper for a price. He has
  his paper critiqued and then retypes his paper
  with the corrections and suggestions offered by
  the site. He turns in the rewritten paper to be
  graded. Do you consider this plagiarism?  
• Yes No

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Case Studies

• Franklin leaves his 8 a.m. history class after
  taking the midterm exam. He goes to the student
  union and starts talking with his friend about
  the 10 point essay question at the end of the
  test. Franklin doesnt know it, but Jazzmyn is
  sitting two tables over listening to his
  discussion. She will be taking the same test at 2
  p.m. Would you consider that Franklin is cheating
  for talking aloud in public about a test he has
  just taken?
• Yes No

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Case Studies

• Nataleigh enrolls in a physics class and
  completes 3 weeks of the class before dropping.
  During that time, 3 lab reports are submitted and
  graded. The next semester Nataleigh re-enrolls
  in the same class and submits the original 3 lab
  reports. Do you consider this a violation of the
  Honor Pledge?
• Yes No

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Contact Information

• Office Phone [phone]
• E-Mail honor_at_k-state.edu
• Web page www.k-state.edu/honor
• Office 215 Fairchild Hall
• Director Dr. David Allen
• Associate Director Dr. Helene Marcoux
• Office Staff Cindy
• Graduate Teaching Assistant - Loni

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Source

• All information in these slides can be found at
• www.k-state.edu/honor

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Thanks for

• The opportunity to inform!
• The opportunity to promote integrity!
• NOW..PASS IT ON..