From the Director of the Office of Student Conduct Office of Student Conduct .
Academic integrity is the core value of a university.
It is only through the honest production and criticism of scholarship that we become educated and create knowledge. Admission to Penn signifies your entry into this community of scholars and your willingness to abide by our commonly agreed upon rules for the creation of knowledge. Specifically, as members of this community, we are all expected to be honest about the nature of our academic work. Papers, examinations, oral reports, the results of laboratory experiments, and other academic assignments must be the product of individual endeavor, except when an instructor has specifically approved collaborative efforts. Multiple submissions of the same paper, except with the expressed approval of both instructors, are also unethical and a violation of academic integrity.