ACADEMIC HONESTY AND THE HONOR CODE

One mark of an educated individual is personal integrity. The members of the Averett University community are committed to a code of behavior that promotes academic excellence and social responsibility. A student is thus pledged to academic honesty. As academic honesty is considered to be a foundation stone of the educational enterprise, any form of cheating or plagiarism is considered to be an affront to the entire University community and may result in suspension from the University. Students should carefully study the definitions of cheating and plagiarism.

Cheating includes the following behaviors:

Copying another student’s answers while completing any class assignment, team assignment, or during examinations
Using notes, books, or any other unauthorized aids during an examination
Unauthorized discussion of answers during in-class examinations
Submitting another person’s work as one’s own
Stealing another student’s work
Utilizing unauthorized Instructor textbooks or Solutions Manuals
Submitting a purchased paper as one’s own

Plagiarism is submitting a paper in which the language, ideas, or thoughts are identical to published or unpublished material from another source without using quotation marks or properly paraphrasing and correctly giving credit to that source.

Failure of a student to report infractions is itself a violation of the Honor Code.

The instructor may recommend action to be taken as a result of an Honor Code violation. Recommended actions may include:

Failure of the assignment;
Failure of the specific course;
Academic suspension (with specified duration); or
Academic dismissal.