Cheating Academic Violations

Hi xxxxx,

I just wanted you to have the same information that I have when I am working and assessing anyone's work. The language below is in effect at virtually any university. When any student graduates from any school, there is a code of honor in effect such that each student has worked through items such that they are turning in work that is the fruit of their own labor. If you were working more closely with me as I had recommended weeks ago, there would be no question as to what is being turned in as your work.

Just please be mindful that I work here as long as I have because I honor my word with the University and they honor theirs in turn with me. This is how healthy relationships work. This is my role with you, to be here to assist you however, I have yet to get a content related question from you.

Consider this post accompanied by the clear description of what an academic violation is as a formal warning.

I am happy to work with you on any remaining work. You will be allowed to turn in the assignment I assigned you in our Syllabus until Wednesday evening. After that, the 4 late days will have expired and the 30 point checkpoint will not be worth enough points to turn in, and also per our Syllabus, I may not accept.

As is, each day is a deduction of 3 points for being late and so 9 points will already be deducted. It may be a good idea simply to move onto Week 8 as any checkpoint is really only 3 percent of your overall grade in this class. I would like to see you focus on your final and do a great job on that since its weight it 300 points, or more than three times and Assignment due Sundays.

You can find the passage below in your Student Handbook, page 2.
University of Phoenix, 2008-2009

Student Code of Academic Integrity

University of Phoenix is an academic community whose fundamental mission is the pursuit of intellectual growth.

Achievement of this mission is dependent upon the development of autonomous thought and respect for the ideas of others.

Academic dishonesty threatens the integrity of individual students as well as the University’s academic community. By

virtue of membership in the University’s academic community, students accept a responsibility to abide by this Student

Code of Academic Integrity, which is a part of the Student Code of Conduct.

Academic integrity violations include all forms of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:

a. Plagiarism – Intentional or unintentional representation of another’s words or ideas as one’s own in an academic exercise.

Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

• The exact copy of information from a source without proper citation and without use of quotation marks or block

quotation formatting. If any words or ideas used in a class posting or assignment submission do not represent the

student’s original words or ideas, the student must distinguish them with quotation marks or a freestanding, indented

block quotation (for a quotation of 40 or more words), followed by the appropriate citation in accordance with the

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. When a student copies information from a source, he

or she must acknowledge the source with quotation marks or block quotes irrespective of whether or not the source

has been formally published.

• Paraphrasing statements, paragraphs, or other bodies of work without proper citation using someone else’s ideas,

data, language, and/or arguments without acknowledgement.

• Presenting work as the student’s own that has been prepared in whole or part by someone other than that particular

student. This includes the purchase and/or sharing of work.

• Failure to properly cite and reference statistics, data, or other sources of information that are used in one’s submission.

b. Self-plagiarism, double dipping, or dovetailing – Submission of work that has been prepared for a different course without

fair citation of the original work and prior approval of faculty.

Students who submit assignments that were previously submitted in another course are subject to the same consequences

they would face if they plagiarized these assignments. The use of one’s previous work in an assignment requires prior approval

from the current faculty member and citation of the previous work.

c. Fabrication – Falsification or invention of any information, citation, data, or document.

This includes the invention or alteration of data or results, or relying on another source’s results in any assignment without

proper acknowledgement of that source. Fabrication includes citing sources that the student has not actually used or consulted.

d. Unauthorized Assistance – Use of materials or information not authorized by the faculty member to complete an academic

exercise, or the completion of an academic exercise by someone other than the student.

Students must rely upon their own abilities and refrain from obtaining assistance in any manner that faculty does not explicitly

allow. This includes but is not limited to providing or receiving answers to an exam, use of faculty materials or answer

keys, or a student having someone take his or her exam.

e. Copyright infringement – Acquisition or use of copyrighted works without appropriate legal license or permission.

f. Misrepresentation – Falsely representing the student’s situation to faculty when (1) justifying an absence or the need for a

complete grade; or (2) requesting a makeup exam, a special due date, or extension of a syllabus or class deadline for submitting

a course requirement.

g. Collusion – Helping or allowing another student to commit any act of academic dishonesty.

Procedure for Processing Alleged Violations of the Student Code of Conduct:

A. Alleged Violations:

1. An alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct, unless related to student records, shall be forwarded in

writing to the Campus Director of Academic Affairs, the Campus Director of Operations, or their designee.

2. An alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct that relates to student records shall be forwarded in writing

to the Registrar.

3. All alleged violations of the Student Code of Conduct shall be subject to a fair and impartial process in

determining whether or not a violation has occurred.


https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/student/Students%20Right%20&%20Responsbilities.pdf