Academic Honesty
Most students are conscientious and strictly abide by the University’s . In order to clearly articulate the expectation for the Department of Social Work, this Code of Student Conduct has been prepared.
- All Social Work students are expected to maintain professional behavior which includes the highest standard of integrity and honesty.
- The National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics [1]requires us to act honestly, responsibly and ethically.
- As such, the Department of Social Work expects students to abide by the University Standards Code of Student Conduct and Rights of Students Section III [2] as well as the NASW Code of Ethics [1].
For the student’s benefit, we include the following examples of academic dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:
- Plagiarism - which includes, but is not limited to:
- Copying and pasting text from on-line media, such as encyclopedias or journal articles.
- Copying and pasting text from any web site.
- Transcribing text from any printed material, such as books, encyclopedias, newspapers, journal articles, magazines.
- Simply modifying text from any of the above sources without proper APA citations. This includes lifting portions of another source and using them as your own work.
- Replacing a few selected words using a Thesaurus.
- Using photographs, video or audio without permission or acknowledgment.
- Using another student’s work and claiming it as your own, even with permission. This is an act of collusion in which both students are plagiarizing.
- Acquiring work from commercial sources, including buying papers off the web or paying someone to do the work.
- Translation from one language to another without citations.
- Submitting an essay or paper that was written for another class/another purpose without consent of both instructors.
- Using your previous work in any way as a basis for new assignments without citing the original work in the bibliography.
- Cheating - which includes, but is not limited to:
- Looking at another student’s paper when taking tests.
- Using notes of any kind during a test unless specifically given permission to do so by the instructor.
- Working with others on individual take-home tests and individual projects/assignments unless specifically given permission to do so by the instructor.
- Fraud - which includes, but is not limited to:
- Providing false information on any academic document or record.
- Falsely documenting internship hours in the field.
- Doing work for another person
Any of the above examples is a basis for consequence and penalty.
Academic dishonesty is a serious academic offense that is not acceptable in the Department of Social Work nor at Indiana State University.
- All alleged incidents of student academic dishonesty will be brought before the Department Student Affairs Committee for review in accordance with the departmental due process procedures.
- It should be clear that any action made by the Department of Social Work's Student Affairs Committee does not preclude any other University hearing or action based on academic dishonesty.
- The individual faculty member will be asked to submit a written copy of the allegation and a recommendation to the Student Affairs Committee as to what penalty should be imposed.
- The Student Affairs Committee will meet with the student to review the case and a committee decision will be made as to the course of action.
- If the allegations are substantiated actions will include at a minimum
- a grade of zero for the assignment
- student will be immediately put on probation within the department.
- depending on the severity of the infraction, a student will be removed from the course and/or program of study.
- The Student Affairs Committee will use the form approved by the department [3] to document the student name, the date of the meeting, nature of the allegation, findings, subsequent action/resolution and a copy of the contract with the student.
- This Student Affairs Committee’s report will be submitted to the department chair.
- In situations in which academic dishonesty has been substantiated, the department chair will inform the Associate Dean for Student and Community Relations [4] in the College of Health and Human Services.
- It should be clear that any action made by the Department of Social Work’s Student Affairs Committee does not preclude any other University hearing or action based on academic dishonesty.
- A student has the right to an appeal using the due process procedures of the University. Refer to the Student Handbook for details.