This statement was prepared by the Committee on Academic Conduct and is reproduced from the 1994-95 Bachelor's Degree Planbook . You have the responsibility to clarify with your instructor any questionable answers that might be construed as academic misconduct. Students at the University of Washington are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic conduct. Most UW students conduct themselves with integrity and are disturbed when they observe others cheating. The following information should help you avoid unintentional misconduct and clarify the consequences of cheating.
Cheaters also cheat themselves of a real education.
They rob themselves not only of general knowledge, but also of the experience of learning how to learn, the very experience that makes a bachelor degree of value to employers. The reputation of the University and the worth of a UW degree suffer if employers find graduates lacking the abilities their degree should guarantee. Finally, engineers have a code of ethics, a standard to which you will be expected to adhere when you are working. At the University you practice the integrity you must demonstrate later. You are guilty of cheating whenever you present as your own work that which you did not do.