According to Benedictine University's Academic Honesty Policy, "The search for truth and the dissemination of knowledge are the central missions of a university. Benedictine University pursues these missions in an environment guided by our Roman Catholic tradition and our Benedictine heritage. Integrity and honesty are therefore expected of all University students.
Actions such as cheating, plagiarism, collusion, fabrication, forgery, falsification, destruction, multiple submission, solicitation, and misrepresentation are violations of these expectations and constitute unacceptable behavior in the University community."
The following actions are viewed as violations of the Academic Honesty Policy. Beyond these specific violations, any action expressly forbidden in a course syllabus will be treated as a violation of this policy. The syllabus for a course will detail specific actions encouraged, permitted, and forbidden in that course. Discussions between faculty members and students on this topic are healthy and encouraged.
- Cheating – using or providing unauthorized materials, information, study aids in an academic exercise, or copying from other students.
- Plagiarism – in an academic exercise, adopting, reproducing, or representing the ideas or statements of another as one’s own, without proper acknowledgment.
- Collusion – working together with another on an academic exercise when that is not permitted.
- Fabrication – using made-up information or sources in an academic exercise.
- Forgery – knowingly using another person’s signature in an academic exercise, or on any academic document.
- Falsification – altering or misrepresenting information related to academic research or assignments, internships, clinical experiences, portfolios and other academic records.
Destruction – knowingly removing, destroying, or concealing academic materials belonging to the University, faculty, staff or student.
- Multiple submission – using previously completed work to meet a requirement of a course, or using the same paper or project in more than one course, without permission from the faculty member(s) teaching the course(s).
- Solicitation – asking another to assist in an act of cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, forgery or destruction related to an academic exercise, document or record, or offering to do so for another.
- Misrepresentation – knowingly altering or misstating facts for the purpose of gaining an extension of time or deadline related to an academic assignment or to influence an appeal related to a grade, course withdrawal, waiver or academic standing.
