Academic Integrity Adapted with permission from University of Tennessee and the IU Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct Scholarship is at home only in an atmosphere of honest practice by both students and faculty. All members of the academic community should conduct themselves in a straightforward and honorable manner. Indiana University, like all academic institutions, exists for the advancement of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the development of students, and the promotion of the general well- being of society. Free inquiry and free expression are indispensable to the attainment of these goals. Study, instruction, evaluation, and research can flourish only in such an environment.
Academic integrity is a joint endeavor.
Instructors should be prepared for all student-teacher encounters, meet classes as scheduled, evaluate students' work fairly and impartially, and be prompt for prearranged conferences and regularly scheduled office hours. Inappropriate language in the classroom, off-color remarks, or jokes in class or conferences, and frequent deviations from the course topic have no proper place in the academy. In turn, students should fulfill in a reasonable way the requirements and expectations of the course as stated by the instructor.