Students are to take care during exams to sit where they cannot see others' papers and that others cannot see theirs. If a student does not feel he or she can come directly to the instructor to report an ethics violation, an anonymous note informing his or her of the matter can be submitted. The instructor or the student has the option to refer the case to the Academic Ethics Committee for action. The Ethics Committee consists of both faculty and students who evaluate the case for disposition. Ethical behavior on the part of everyone in academia is taken to be a very important matter, since it has implications not only for the course, but also for the student's development as a person.
Plagiarism is a form of cheating.
The following are some examples. Whenever one relies on someone else for phraseology, even for only a few words, one must acknowledge indebtedness by using quotation marks and giving the source, either in the text or a footnote. When one borrows facts that are not matters of general knowledge, including all statistics, one must indicate indebtedness in the text or in a footnote. When one borrows an idea or the logic of an argument, one must acknowledge indebtedness either in a footnote or in the text. When one receives significant help from another in the form of research, ideas, phraseology, or editing, one must acknowledge indebtedness either in a footnote or in the text.