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Academic Standards, Policies and Procedures Academic Integrity Honesty and integrity are the preconditions of this right. Essential to the mission of California Southern University is the commitment to the principles of academic honesty and integrity. In order to maintain an academic climate that is conducive to effective learning and the success of each learner, the University has established a set of policies and standards that all learners and faculty mentors must adhere to. Learners, faculty mentors, and administrative staff are responsible to uphold the institutional standards of integrity. The university’s intellectual reputation is dependent upon learners assuming responsibility for maintaining honesty and integrity in their work and faculty mentors appropriately applying the standards of academic integrity. California Southern University is committed to supporting learners in understanding and applying standards of Academic Integrity. The University is also committed to taking appropriate steps to ensure these standards are met, including: 1.
Using an industry-recognized text matching service, such as TurnItIn, to screen learn assignments.
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Requiring all learners to complete an Academic Integrity Questionnaire preferably within 30 days of starting their first course and no later than the end of their first course.
To ensure effective learning, the University has established standards that demonstrate concern with academic dishonesty and a responsibility to learners to maintain its reputation. Integral to these standards is a fair procedure for resolving violations of academic integrity. Violations of this policy generally fall into the following broad areas; however, they are not limited to these areas. 1.
Plagiarism: All work submitted in a course must be the learner’s own work. The knowing submission of another’s work represented as that of the learner such as copying and pasting to piece together work of other individuals, purchasing papers for submission, duplication – manual or electronic, or paraphrasing with only minor word changes without citing the source.
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Academic deceit: Fabrication of data or information; falsifying data or information; submission of the same work to multiple courses to include discussion forums.
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Dishonesty in taking exams: Cheating; using sources not allowed on exams; copying from another individual; having another individual take the exam.
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Assisting, or attempting to assist, with academic dishonesty.
Academic integrity violation charges may be brought by anyone to include the faculty mentor, administrators, staff, and learner’s peers.
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