Faculty are to make clear the consequences of dishonest work on final grades. Faculty members are to set an example to encourage academic honesty. They are to refrain from acts of cheating, plagiarism, and other acts of academic dishonesty. They are to make all reasonable efforts to prevent the occurrence of academic dishonesty through appropriate design and administration of assignments and examinations, careful safeguarding of course material and examinations, and regular reassessment of evaluation procedures. When instances of academic dishonesty are suspected, faculty members have the responsibility to take appropriate action.
Faculty are to serve as models of academic honesty.
Administrators and staff have the responsibility to encourage and support an atmosphere of academic honesty. Administrators will take appropriate measures to raise the consciousness of individuals throughout the University community to the importance of maintaining the values underlying academic honesty. Administrators will encourage discussion of issues involving the principles of integrity and honesty at all levels of the university community. Administrators, in accordance with this policy, will also take steps to define acts of academic dishonesty, to ensure procedures for due process for persons accused or suspected of acts of academic dishonesty, and to impose appropriate sanctions on members of the University community found to have been guilty of acts of academic dishonesty. Administrators and staff are to serve as models of academic honesty.