UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICY  \  02-03-03



CATEGORY:                  ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SECTION:                   Academic Integrity
SUBJECT:                   Student Obligations and Adjudication
                           for Alleged Violations
EFFECTIVE DATE:            August 10, 1988
PAGE(S):                   2


I.      SCOPE

        This policy establishes student obligations of academic
        integrity, and includes guidelines regarding adjudication for
        alleged student breach of these obligations.

II.     POLICY

        Students have an obligation to exhibit honesty, and to respect
        the ethical standard of his chosen profession in carrying out
        his academic assignments.  A student may be found to have
        violated this obligation if he:

        -    Refers during an academic evaluation to materials or
             sources, or employs devices not authorized by the
             instructor.

        -    Provides assistance during an academic evaluation to
             another person in a manner not authorized by the
             instructor.

        -    Receives assistance during an academic evaluation from
             another person in a manner not authorized by the
             instructor.

        -    Possesses, buys, sells, obtains, or uses a copy of any
             materials intended to be used as an instrument of
             academic evaluation in advance of its administration.

        -    Acts as a substitute for another person in any academic
             evaluation process.

        -    Utilizes a substitute in any academic evaluation
             procedures.

        -    Practices any form of deceit in an academic evaluation
             proceeding.

        -    Depends on the aid of others in a manner expressly
             prohibited by the instructor, in the research,
             preparation, creation, writing, performing, or
             publication of work to be submitted for academic credit
             or evaluation.

        -    Provides aid to another person, knowing such aid is
             expressly prohibited by the instructor, in the research,
             preparation, creation, writing, performing, or
             publication of work to be submitted for academic credit
             or evaluation.

        -    Presents as one's own, for academic evaluation, the
             ideas, representations, or works of another person or
             persons without customary and proper acknowledgement of
             sources.

        -    Submits the work of another person in a manner which
             represents the work to be one's own.

        -    Knowingly permits one's work to be submitted by another
             person without the instructor's authorization.

        -    Attempts to influence or change one's academic evaluation
             or record for reasons other than achievement or merit.

        -    Indulges, during a class (or examination) session in
             which one is a student, in conduct which is so
             disruptive as to infringe upon the rights of the
             instructor or fellow students.

        -    Fails to cooperate, if called upon, in the investigation
             or disposition of any allegation or dishonesty
             pertaining to a fellow student.

        -    Violates the Cannons of ethics of the student's
             discipline.

        Adjudication for Alleged Violation of Student Obligations

        No student should be subject to an adverse finding that he
        committed an offense related to academic integrity, and no
        sanction should be imposed relating thereto, except in
        accordance with procedures appropriate for disposition of the
        particular matter involved.  See Procedure 02-03-03, Student
        Obligations and Adjudication for Alleged Violations.

        Any sanctions imposed under this policy may be considered by
        the school in the preparation of any report concerning a
        student submitted to a government agency, accrediting body,
        or other person or institution in accordance with the
        requirement of law or the consent of the student.

        The sanctions which may be imposed upon a finding that an
        offense related to academic integrity has been committed are
        the following:

        -    Dismissal from the University without expectation of
             readmission.

        -    Suspension from the University for a specific period of
             time.

        -    Dismissal from the department in which the offense
             occurred, and exclusion for courses offered in the
             department, permanently or for a stated period of time.

        -    Dismissal from the course in which the offense occurred,
             with or without the opportunity to be enrolled therein
             at a future date.

        -    Reduction in grade or assignment of a failing grade, in
             the course in which the offending paper or examination
             was submitted.

        -    Reduction in grade, or assignment of a failing grade, on
             the paper or examination in which the offense occurred.

III.    REFERENCES

        -    Procedure 02-03-03, Student Obligations and Adjudication
             for Alleged Violations.