Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3335 - Ohio State University › Chapter 3335-23 - Code of Student Conduct › Section 3335-23-04 - Prohibited conduct

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any student found to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
				any of the following conduct while within the university's jurisdiction, as set
				forth in rule
				3335-23-02 of the Administrative
				Code, will be subject to disciplinary action by the university. For the
				purposes of this rule, attempt shall be defined as conduct that, if successful,
				would constitute or result in the prohibited conduct.
(A) Academic misconduct.
Any activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of
				the university or subvert the educational
				process. Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited
				to:
(1) Violation of course rules
			 and/or assignment guidelines as contained in the
			 course syllabus or other information provided to the student;
(2) Knowingly requesting, providing,
									and/or
			 receiving unauthorized information,
									materials, and/or assistance during academic
			 activities;
(3)
									Possession and/or use of unauthorized
			 information, materials, and/or assistance
			 during academic
			 activities;
(4) Submitting
			 plagiarized work for an academic requirement. Plagiarism is the
			 representation, including but not limited to
			 copying, of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the
			 unacknowledged word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work,
			 and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's
			 ideas;
(5)
									Unauthorized use of generative artificial intelligence
			 systems or similar technologies to complete academic
			 activities;
(6) Submitting
			 substantially the same work to satisfy requirements for one course or academic
			 requirement that has been submitted in satisfaction of requirements for another
			 course or academic requirement, without permission of the instructor of the
			 course for which the work is being submitted or supervising authority for the
			 academic requirement. This includes submitting the same work for courses that
			 the student is retaking pursuant to the university's grade forgiveness
			 rule;
(7) Falsification,
			 fabrication, or dishonesty in creating or reporting laboratory results,
			 research results, and/or academic
			 activities;
(8) Serving as, or
			 enlisting the assistance of a substitute for a student in
			 academic activities;
(9) Alteration of
			 grades or marks by the student in an effort to change the earned grade or
			 credit;
(10) Alteration of
			 academically-related university forms or records, or unauthorized use of those
			 forms or records;
(11) Engaging in
			 activities that unfairly place other students at a disadvantage,
			 including
			 but not limited to taking, hiding, or
			 altering resource material, or manipulating a grading system;
(12) Violation of
			 program regulations and/or policies as
			 established by departmental committees and made available to students;
			 and
(13) Providing
			 falsified materials, documents, or records to a university official
			  to meet academic qualifications,
			 criteria, or requirements, including but not limited to submitting falsified
			 doctor's notes and/or falsified transcripts.