ACADEMIC INTEGRITY VIOLATIONS

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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY VIOLATIONS

• OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND PROCEDURES

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WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

• BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT EXPECTATIONS
• SYLLABUS
• FIRST LECTURE
• BE CONSISTENT
• USE THE PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES FOR VIOLATIONS
• QUESTIONS CONTACT DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE or
  AIB CHAIRPERSON

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Policy Statement 105 THE CODE OF STUDENT
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• III. DEFINITIONS OF VIOLATIONS
• A. CHEATING. Intentionally using or attempting to
  use unauthorized materials, information, notes,
  study aids or other devices in any academic
  exercise. This definition includes unauthorized
  communication of information during an academic
  exercise.
• B. FABRICATION AND FALSIFICATION. Intentional and
  unauthorized alteration or invention of any
  information or citation in an academic exercise.
  Falsification is a matter of altering
  information, while fabrication is a matter of
  inventing or counterfeiting information for use
  in any academic exercise.
• http//www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-105.html

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III. DEFINITIONS OF VIOLATIONS (contd)

• C. MULTIPLE SUBMISSION. The submission of
  substantial portions of the same academic work
  (including oral reports) for credit more than
  once without authorization.
• D. PLAGIARISM. Intentionally or knowingly
  presenting the work of another as one's own
  (i.e., without proper acknowledgement of the
  source). The sole exception to the requirement of
  acknowledging sources is when the ideas,
  information, etc., are common knowledge. (NOTE
  For more information regarding plagiarism, see
  PLAGIARISM.)
• E. ABUSE OF ACADEMIC MATERIALS. Intentionally or
  knowingly destroying, stealing, or making
  inaccessible library or other academic resource
  material.
• F. COMPLICITY IN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY.
  Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting
  to help another to commit an act of academic
  dishonesty.

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HANDLING VIOLATIONS

• COLLECT THE EVIDENCE
• CONTACT THE DEAN OF STUDENTS
• VERIFY PRIOR OFFENSES
• FIRST OFFENSE
• MEET WITH STUDENT AND PRESENT EVIDENCE
• ACTION WARRANTED SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE

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HANDLING VIOLATIONS (contd)

• SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE
• http//www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/aicsettlement.h
  tml
• FILL OUT SETTLEMENT FORM with PENALTY
• STUDENT HAS 72 HOURS TO CONSIDER
• STUDENT ACCEPTS AND SIGNS FORM IN PRESENCE OF
  FACULTY
• SEND COPY TO DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE
• KEPT ON FILE FOR FIVE YEARS

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HANDLING VIOLATIONS (contd)

• SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE (contd)
• STUDENT DECLINES PENALTY
• FACULTY MEMBER CONTACTS CHAIRPERSON OF ACADEMIC
  INTEGRITY BOARD (AIB)
• AIB HEARING IS CONDUCTED

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HANDLING VIOLATIONS (contd)

• SECOND or GREATER OFFENSE or PENALTY GREATER THAN
  F in COURSE
• FACULTY MEMBER CONTACTS CHAIRPERSON OF AIB
• AIB HEARING IS CONDUCTED

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IV. PENALTIES

• SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE PENALTIES
• a. a formal warning,
• b. a reduced grade (including "F" if
  undergraduate student and "U" for graduate
  student) for the assignment,
• c. a reduced grade (including "F" if
  undergraduate student and "U" for graduate
  student) for the entire course.

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IV. PENALTIES (contd)

• SECOND OFFENSES and SOME FIRST OFFENSES
• d. Disciplinary suspension from the University
  for a designated period of time.
• e. The grade of "F" for an undergraduate student
  or "U" for a graduate student for the course with
  a designation "X" on the academic transcript
  indicating that this is because of dishonesty.
  (Time Specified)

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IV. PENALTIES (contd)

• SECOND OFFENSES and SOME FIRST OFFENSES (contd)
• f. Expulsion from the University. (Usually Third
  Offense)
• g. Revocation of degree should an offense be
  discovered after graduation that results from
  falsification of projects, thesis, or
  dissertation.
• h. Removal from employment as a graduate
  assistant.

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WHAT MUST WE DO?

• BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT EXPECTATIONS
• SYLLABUS
• FIRST LECTURE
• BE CONSISTENT
• USE THE PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES FOR VIOLATIONS
• QUESTIONS CONTACT DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE or
  AIB CHAIRPERSON