"One [person] cannot do right in one department of life whilst...occupied in doing wrong in any other department.  Life is one indivisible whole." -Mohandas Gandhi

 

Trust is a necessary attribute for relationships in one’s personal, academic and business lives.  Trust is a two way street.  As your professor, I implicitly trust you when I first meet you.  I expect to trust you at semester’s end.  I hope to maintain trust in our classroom by letting you know the level of academic integrity that I expect.

As a student and citizen of our academic community, the Honor Code consists of, but is not limited to, the following[1]:

 

Honor Code

  •   I will not lie, cheat, or steal in my academic endeavors.  This includes collusion, obtaining or distributing assignments to or from previous, present or future students.
  • I will recognize and acknowledge obtained material (books, internet, interviews, etc…) through proper citations and references.
  • I will forthrightly oppose each and every instance of academic dishonesty.
  • I will communicate directly with any persons I believe to have been dishonest.  Such communication may be oral or written.  Written communication may be signed or anonymous.
  • I will give prompt notification to the professor when I observe academic dishonesty in this course.
  • I will let my conscience guide my decision about whether my notification will name the person or persons I believe to have committed a violation of this Code.
  • I will be respectful and considerate of other persons in this class.

I am responsible for my academic integrity and I will make a commitment to this Honor Code.  If I break this Honor Code, I realize that I will automatically fail this course and be subject to possible expulsion.

 

Name _____________________________________________   Date ______________

 

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.  The hard part is doing it."- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf


[1] Honor Code based on Duke University’s Honor Code found at http://www.duke.edu/~pks/Honor_Council/Honor_Code.html