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(Faculty Council Resolution 2003-5, dated January 17,
2003)
Whereas faculty members and students at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill share a commitment to the pursuit
of truth, and the dissemination of knowledge to succeeding generations
of citizens devoted to the high ideals of personal honor and respect
for the rights of others; and Whereas, these goals can only be achieved
in a setting in which intellectual honesty and personal integrity are
highly valued; others are trusted, respected, and fairly treated; and
the responsibility for articulating and maintaining high standards
is widely shared; and Whereas the University can effectively set and
maintain high standards for academic integrity only through the individual
and collective commitment of its faculty to this end; and Whereas the
Faculty Council, on behalf of the faculty, wishes to provide renewed
guidance to colleagues on how best to achieve this important objective;
now therefore the Faculty Council resolves:
Academic work is a joint enterprise involving faculty and students.
Both have a fundamental investment in the enterprise and share responsibility
for ensuring its integrity. Therefore, the specific actions enumerated
below are declared to be those which are included in, but do not exhaust
the responsibility of the faculty in relation to the Honor Code.
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To assure that community-wide expectations regarding academic integrity are
understood and communicated, and that students are held accountable for
conforming their conduct to such expectations, faculty members, teaching
assistants and other instructional personnel should become familiar with
the University Honor System (embodied in the Instrument of Student Judicial
Governance and related documents) and other sources of information about
instructional practices that foster a strong commitment to academic integrity.
Deans, department chairs, advisors, and others responsible for academic
units and support services related to the University’s academic mission
should aid instructional personnel in achieving this objective.
To assist students in complying with their responsibilities relating to academic
integrity, faculty members, teaching assistants, and other instructional
personnel should
- Use good judgment in setting and communicating clear ground rules for
academic work conducted under their supervision (for example by stating
expectations as part of course syllabi, identifying materials that may
or may not be used in completing assignments, and indicating the extent
of collaboration that is or is not permitted).
- Require students to sign the honor pledge as a condition of submitting
academic assignments.
- Take steps to prevent unauthorized access to examinations during development,
duplication, and administration.
- Avoid re-using prior examinations in whole or part to the extent possible
in keeping with sound academic judgment (such as when warranted as part
of an assessment system that relies upon recurring use of a pool of pre-tested
and validated multiple choice questions, when security is assured, or
when questions are placed on reserve or otherwise made available in advance
to all students on an even-handed basis).
- Take all reasonable steps consistent with physical classroom conditions
to reduce the risk of cheating during the administration of examinations.
- Maintain proper security during the administration of examinations
including as appropriate overseeing distribution and collection of examinations
and proctoring the examination session.
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In the event of student misconduct that appears to violate the requirements
of the Honor Code, faculty members, teaching assistants, and other instructional
personnel should:
- Report to the appropriate Student Attorney General any instance in
which the instructor has reasonable basis to conclude that a student
under the faculty member’s supervision has engaged in academic dishonesty
or substantially assisted another to do so in connection with academically
related work. Such reports should include a brief description of the
suspected academic dishonesty including surrounding facts and circumstances,
and may, if the faculty member chooses, incorporate a recommendation
as to the appropriate sanction or disposition from among those available
in the event the student is found guilty (such as whether a failing grade
would be implemented as to a particular course assignment, component
or the course as a whole).
- In the instructor’s discretion, notify the student of the instructor’s
intention to report the suspected academic dishonesty and permit the
student to provide relevant further information if the student chooses
to do so.
- Refrain from taking unilateral punitive action as to a student rather
than reporting conduct in suspected violation of the Honor Code.
- Cooperate with representatives of the student judicial system (including
the appropriate Student Attorney General, defense counsel, honor court
personnel, and the judicial program officer) in conducting necessary
investigation, providing testimony or other evidence, recommending appropriate
sanctions, or otherwise bringing the matter to prompt conclusion.
To bring to bear requisite faculty judgment regarding the
nature and importance of academic integrity, and to nourish a strong
campus-wide understanding and commitment to associated intellectual
and personal values, faculty members, teaching assistants, and other
instructional personnel should:
- Explore issues of integrity in connection with instructional
activities where relevant and appropriate.
- Encourage their academic units to take matters of academic
integrity seriously, become informed regarding related problems
and advisable means of preventing problems from arising, and
provide requisite training and support to instructional personnel.
- Participate upon request as part of educational initiatives,
faculty advisory panels, and University Hearing Boards designed
to create, nurture, and enforce high standards of academic
integrity within the University community.
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