To Responsible Behavior Prepared by Dr. Charles J. Fey, Vice President for Student Affairs University of Maryland at Baltimore County Published as part of the McMurry University conduct website with permission.
Academic honesty is fundamental to the activities and principles of any university.
All members of an academic community must be confident that each person's work has been responsibly and honorably acquired, developed, and presented. If students obtain course grades by dishonest means, the value of the college experience and the college degree itself diminishes. The academic community regards cheating as an extremely serious matter, and deals severely with those who violate the standards of academic integrity. This brochure is designed to help you realize and avoid the behaviors that would be judged academically dishonest at university. You should be aware, however, that various instructors may set even more rigorous standards or expect different standards for your ethical behavior in all your pre-professional work, for your researched and written work, or for your reports and projects.