Academic Honesty

You are working on a computer in the library. You finish your work, save it to your jump drive and leave, forgetting to close your minimized work from the work station. Another student in your class comes along, finds your file and turns the work in as his/her own. Are you guilty of academic dishonesty?

• Yes

• No

• Possibly

You are taking a mid-term in a large lecture room and some notes that you brought with you slide out from under the seat where you had stowed them. Can you be charged with academic dishonesty by the professor or a proctor?

• yes

• no

• possibly

You ask your professor whether he/she would be willing to read a draft of an essay that is due in a week. Your essay contains paraphrases of secondary sources that you used in your essay but haven’t marked yet as the ideas of other people. You figure this is okay, since this is a draft of the essay and not the final copy you plan to turn in. Is this considered academic dishonesty?

• yes

• no

• possibly

You ask a friend, who is a good writer, to look over your paper. They find many awkward phrases and ambiguous assertions, which they re-write for you with your permission. They even take the time to develop a few new arguments to help support your thesis. You are happy because she was able to express clearly and persuasively what you had been trying to say all along. Is this considered academic dishonesty?

• yes

• no

• possibly

You notice that a paper assignment in your class is just like one you wrote for another class. You change the cover sheet and a few sentences in the introduction and turn it in. You think this is okay because it is your own work and not the work of someone else. Is this considered Academic Dishonesty? Why or why not?

• yes

• no

• possibly

A good friend of yours is desperate. He is in danger of failing the biology class you are both in. If he fails, he will be placed on academic probation. He knows you are an excellent student and asks you to sit at the next exam in such a way that he can see your answers. It’s the only way he’ll pass the class. His request makes you uncomfortable, but, since you’re not the one copying answers, you figure you will not be charged with academic dishonesty. Do you think that this is considered Academic Dishonesty?

• yes

• no

• possibly