Academic honesty means that you will be loyal and not use plagiarism in your papers that you write for class or that you just write in general. Some of the reasons why students may resort to academic dishonesty are that maybe there paper may not be long enough for the required length. They procrastinated and did not do the paper until right before the class that it was for. They could have just needed information for a presentation but instead of doing the research and writing their own stuff they just pulled information off of the internet, or copied it straight from a book. This would then result in plagiarism; therefore it would not be their own words. Plagiarism is referred to the act of using someone’s words or works as your own without citing the original author. Penalties for plagiarism vary from college to college, but most institutions have strict guidelines for dealing with students who plagiarize. Some institutions force the student to withdraw from the institution. The student handbook here at butler has a list of information on page 15 in the handbook. Some ideas for maintaining academic integrity and avoiding dishonesty issues would be therefore not to use plagiarism in any way, and to make sure that everything that you write is in your own words and that none of the writing is straight from the internet or straight from a book or any information that you may have retrieved from any source. Make sure that when you writing anything that you make sure that if you use any information out of any research that you cite the source that you are using. This is very important.
The Butler handbook says the following:
Effective learning may involve differences of opinion and views between the student and faculty. Students are responsible, however, for learning the content of course of study outlined by the instructor, regardless of how the student feels privately. This attainment for content must be reached in an honest and forthright manner. Students who compromise the integrity of the academic process are subject to disciplinary action on the part of the college.
Students who have been accused of violating a standard of honesty may protect themselves with a series of appeal processes and are assured of due process and procedure. A student may appeal faculty and administration decisions concerning academic honesty. First, contact the Division Dean, who, if necessary, may inform the student of further steps in the procedure. These can include appeals to the Vice President for Student Services and College President if the student deems this necessary.
Students violating such standards must accept the consequences which may include a failing grade, suspension of dismissal from the class and/or the college.
Violations Include:
1. Cheating, in any form, whether in formal examinations or elsewhere.
2. Plagiarism, using the work of others as one’s own without assigning proper credit to the source.
3. Misrepresentation of any work done in the classroom or in preparation for a class.
4. Alteration of any documents pertaining to academic records.
5. Disruptive behavior in a course of study or abusiveness toward faculty or fellow students.
Effective learning may involve differences of opinion and views between the student and faculty. Students are responsible, however, for learning the content of course of study outlined by the instructor, regardless of how the student feels privately. This attainment for content must be reached in an honest and forthright manner. Students who compromise the integrity of the academic process are subject to disciplinary action on the part of the college.
Students who have been accused of violating a standard of honesty may protect themselves with a series of appeal processes and are assured of due process and procedure. A student may appeal faculty and administration decisions concerning academic honesty. First, contact the Division Dean, who, if necessary, may inform the student of further steps in the procedure. These can include appeals to the Vice President for Student Services and College President if the student deems this necessary.
Students violating such standards must accept the consequences which may include a failing grade, suspension of dismissal from the class and/or the college.
Violations Include:
1. Cheating, in any form, whether in formal examinations or elsewhere.
2. Plagiarism, using the work of others as one’s own without assigning proper credit to the source.
3. Misrepresentation of any work done in the classroom or in preparation for a class.
4. Alteration of any documents pertaining to academic records.
5. Disruptive behavior in a course of study or abusiveness toward faculty or fellow students.
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