An essential dimension of Pacific Lutheran University's mission is to provide for the intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual development of students. Faculty, students, and administrators share responsibility for accomplishing these goals.
Academic integrity is honesty concerning all aspects of academic performance.
Academic integrity must be fully integrated into the campus academic environment, including norms for student life and classroom expectations. Integration is best accomplished when faculty and students understand and accept standards of academic behavior, and when the standards are fairly and uniformly enforced. The faculty's authority over the classroom and grades includes the primary charge to communicate principles of academic integrity and the consequences of academic misconduct. Expectations should be clear and the classroom should be managed to support them. Faculty members need to know the following enforcement system and are obligated to use it when academic dishonesty occurs.