Chapter 3 - Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Chapter 3. Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Section 3.2 Teaching 3.2.2 Academic Integrity and Honesty Preamble Academic integrity and honesty are central components of a student's education, and the ethical conduct maintained in an academic context will be taken eventually into a student's professional career.
Academic honesty is essential in a community of scholars searching and learning to search for truth.
Anything less than total commitment to honesty undermines the efforts of the entire academic community. Both students and faculty are responsible for insuring the academic integrity of the university. This Academic Integrity Policy is intended to provide guidance for students and faculty concerned about maintenance of academic integrity. It shall be the policy of this university to establish procedures to ensure fairness and due process for all parties involved with any apparent violation of academic integrity and honesty. Knowingly copying another's work or ideas and calling them one's own or not giving proper credit or citation.