Academic Honesty (WOU)
Academic Honesty
Courses offered through the Willamette Promise and Western Oregon University fall under policies for on-campus students regarding academic misconduct. Please review the information below regarding details and specific information on the process for Willamette Promise students.
Western Oregon's Policy
The University requires that all students behave in a manner congruent with established community standards and in a manner conducive to the development of the individual. Actions detrimental to the mission of the University and the legitimate activities of the academic community that constitute the University violate the Code of Student Responsibility and may be subject to adjudication. Adjudication may be initiated by the University and educational or punitive sanctions may be assigned to any student or recognized student organization found participating in, attempting to participate in, or assisting others in participating in any of the following prohibited forms of conduct:
a. Cheating
Intentional use, or attempted use of artifice, deception, fraud, or misrepresentation in completing, submitting, or recording one's academic work.
b. Fabrication
Unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in any academic exercise.
c. Facilitating dishonesty
Helping or attempting to help another person commit an act of academic misconduct. This includes students who substitute for other persons in examinations; fake other students’ attendance; or allow another person to copy work or represent as the student’s papers, reports, any other academic work, or the work of others.
d. Plagiarism
Representing without giving credit the words, data, or ideas of another person as one's work in any academic exercise. This includes submitting, in whole or in part, pre-written term papers or the research of another, submitting or utilizing the product of any vendors who sell or distribute such materials, appropriating or using electronic data of another person or persons as one's own, or using such data without giving proper credit for it.
e. Use of electronic devices or software
In gaining an advantage in academic work in which the use of these devices or software is prohibited. Such devices include but are not limited to cell phones, electronic tablets, laptops, programmable calculators, or removable memory devices. Such software includes but is not limited to the use of Artificial Intelligence programs unless explicitly permitted by the administrator of the course.
f. Engaging in prohibited behavior
Engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by a faculty or staff member in the course syllabus or class discussion.
g. Self-plagiarism
Using or submitting the same or substantially the same academic work for credit more than once, unless specifically authorized by the instructor of the course in which it is being submitted for credit. If authorized, appropriate disclosure and citation is required.
h. Unauthorized recording and use
Recording and/or disseminating instructional content without the express permission of the instructor(s) or recording instructional content that is not an approved accommodation through the Office of Disability Services.
Learn more (WOU Specific):
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