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Academic Integrity Sanctions & Violations

The usual order of recommended sanctions is as follows:

  1. 1st violation: Instructor-imposed sanction and a letter of warning from the AIC.
    • If the recommended sanction by the instructor (or the sanction imposed by the Academic Integrity Committee) is an F for the course, the student cannot drop the course.  The F is non-replaceable and cannot be eliminated by retaking the course.
  2. 2nd (and subsequent) violations:  Instructor-imposed sanction and AIC sanction appropriate to the nature of the violation.
    • The AIC sanction may be a warning, a recommendation for suspension, or a recommendation for expulsion from the University.

Sanctions – Additional Information

  • The AIC sanction letter will be placed in the student’s file in the Office of the Chancellor along with the instructor’s report.  A copy of the letter will also be sent to the Dean of Students.
  • False statements made during the course of the process may result in additional sanction(s) and a referral to the Dean of Students for a Student Conduct Code violation. 
Academic Integrity Policy Appendix 6a
Sanction Guidelines

VIOLATION, DEFINITION, AND EXAMPLES:

1 CHEATING: Using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.

1a Copying answers from or looking at another student’s exam.

 

1b Accessing or possessing any material not expressly permitted during an exam, such as crib sheets, notes, books.

 

1c Using electronic devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, PDA's, data storage devices, computers, internet, or other electronic devices unless expressly permitted by the instructor for the required coursework.

 

1d Continuing to write after a timed exam has ended.

 

1e Taking the exam from the room and later claiming the instructor lost it.

 

1f Fraudulent possession of a test prior to exam date.

 

1g Submission of the same term paper or other work to more than one instructor, where no prior approval has been given.

 

1h Submission of purchased term papers or projects done by others.

 

2 FABRICATION: The falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.

 

2a Changing answers after an exam has been returned.

 

2b Falsifying /omitting data and/or sources, otherwise violating the ethical principles of research.

 

 

3 FACILITATING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of this policy.

 

3a Allowing another student to copy one's work.

 

3b Having another person take an exam or complete an assignment for oneself.

 

3c Taking an exam or completing an assignment for another student.

 

 

4 PLAGIARISM: Representing the words, research findings, or ideas of another person as your own in any academic exercise. (See Appendix 6E, "Plagiarism and Original Scholarship" for numerous examples of plagiarism, and ways to avoid it)

 

 

5 MISREPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC RECORDS: Misrepresenting, tampering with, or attempting to tamper with any University academic document, either before or after coming to Chapman University.
5a Creating or altering a Chapman University transcript, diploma, verification of enrollment or any other official University document.*
5b Submitting false records or other documents such as transcripts from another institution. 
5c Failure to report all previous academic work at the time of admission.
5d Forgery, alteration, or misuse of official academic documents (e.g., petition forms, advising forms, etc).

A grade of “F” received as a result of an academic integrity violation cannot be removed from the calculation of the GPA should the course in question be repeated.

*In this case the student(s) may also face prosecution for violation of Federal and State statutes
 
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