**STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY**

The National Defense University (NDU) statement on Academic Integrity highlights the standards to which all students and faculty are held. 

This statement on academic integrity applies to all components of the NDU. The purpose of this broad university policy is to establish a clear statement for zero tolerance for academic dishonesty and to promote consistent treatment of similar cases across the University on academic integrity and the integrity of the institution. This document should not be interpreted to limit the authority of the University President or the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. This policy includes two key areas: academic integrity as it applies to students and participants at NDU; and academic integrity as it applies to assigned faculty and staff. 

Academic Dishonesty 

Academic dishonesty is not tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: falsification of professional and academic credentials; obtaining or giving aid on an examination; having unauthorized prior knowledge of an examination; doing work or assisting another student to do work without prior authority; unauthorized collaboration; multiple submissions; and plagiarism. 

*Falsification of professional and academic credentials*: Students are required to provide accurate and documentable information on their educational and professional background. If a student is admitted to the University with false credentials, he or she will be sanctioned.

*Unauthorized collaboration*is defined as students working together on an assignment for academic credit when such collaboration is not authorized in the syllabus or directed by the instructor. 

*Multiple submissions*are instances in which students submit papers or substantial work (whole papers or multiple paragraphs) that were or are currently being submitted for academic credit at other institutions. Such work may not be submitted at the NDU without prior written approval by both the NDU professor/instructor and approval of the other institution. 

*Plagiarism*is the unauthorized use, intentional or unintentional, of intellectual work of another person without providing proper credit to the author. While most commonly associated with writing, all types of scholarly work, including computer code, speeches, slides, music, scientific data and analysis, and electronic publications are not to be plagiarized. Plagiarism may be more explicitly defined as: 

· Using another person’s exact words without quotation marks and a footnote/endnote.

· Paraphrasing another person’s words without quotation marks and a footnote/endnote.

· Using another person’s ideas without giving credit by means of a footnote/endnote. 

· Using information from the web without giving credit by means of a footnote/endnote. (For example: If a student/professor/instructor/staff member enrolled or assigned to NDU copies a section of material from a source located on the Internet--such as Wikipedia--into a paper/article/book, even if that material is not copyrighted, that section must be properly cited to show that the original material was not the student's.) 

Academic Integrity Applicable to Faculty and Staff 

The faculty and staff of the University are also expected to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and academic responsibility. Publications or presentations must give credit to the intellectual property of others. Any academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be appropriately sanctioned. 

Sanctions for Violations of Academic Integrity 

Sanctions for violating the academic integrity standards include but are not limited to: disenrollment; suspension; denial or revocation of degrees or diplomas; a grade of no credit with a transcript notation of "academic dishonesty;" rejection of the work submitted for credit; a letter of admonishment or other administrative sanctions. Additionally, members of the U.S. military may be subject to non-judicial punishment or court-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 

Processing of Potential Violations of Academic Integrity 

The University is committed to establishing, maintaining, and enforcing a high level of academic integrity throughout the entire University community by implementing a very strict academic integrity policy. For any suspected violations of this policy (student, faculty, or staff), the component in which the case originated will notify the Office of General Counsel and the Office of Academic Affairs immediately and consult with each before any action is taken and during the processing of the case. Cases in which a student is suspected of violating the academic integrity policy will be processed in accordance with NDU policy. Cases in which a student, faculty or staff member is suspected of violating the academic integrity policy will be processed according to applicable Civil Service rules, administrative Service rules or regulations, and/or the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A member of the faculty or staff accused of dishonesty in scholarly work will be called before a board within the component to assess the situation and make a recommendation to the component head. When the identification of academic dishonesty is made after a student, faculty, or staff member departs the University, the Office of Academic Affairs will consult with the Office of General Counsel and the component to decide on the appropriate course of action.