Members of the university community are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one's research, to present the words, ideas, data, or work of another as one's own, or to cheat on an examination corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced.

It is the official policy of the University of Oregon that all acts of alleged academic dishonesty by students be reported to the Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards in the Office of Student Life (346-1141). It is contrary to university policy for an instructor to assign a disciplinary grade such as an "F" or zero to an assignment, test, examination, or other course work as a sanction for suspected academic dishonesty in lieu of following the procedures on academic dishonesty under the university's Student Conduct Code (OAR 571-21-068). Such an independent action violates the student's guaranteed legal right to due process and leaves the instructor vulnerable to a student grievance, an off-campus civil suit, and possible disciplinary action by the university.

Similarly, students are prohibited from proposing or entering into an arrangement with an instructor to receive a grade of "F" or any reduced grade in a course or on an academic exercise in lieu of being charged with academic dishonesty under the code.

It is also a violation of Oregon state law to create and offer to sell part or all of an education assignment to another person (ORS 165.114) or to falsify the authorship of a work product (ORS 165.037)

Forms of Academic Dishonesty
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the inclusion of someone else's product, words, ideas, or data as one's own work. When a student submits work for credit that includes the product, words, ideas, or data of others, the source must be acknowledged by the use of complete, accurate, and specific references, such as footnotes. Expectations may vary slightly among disciplines. By placing one's name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgements. On written assignments, if verbatim statements are included, the statements must be enclosed by quotation marks or set off from regular text as indented extracts.

A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an acknowledgement of indebtedness. Indebtedness must be acknowledged whenever:
1. one quotes another person's actual words or replicates all or part of another's product;
2. one uses another person's ideas, opinions, work, data, or theories, even if they are completely paraphrased in one's own words;
3. one borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials--unless the information is common knowledge.
Unauthorized collaboration with others on papers or projects can inadvertently lead to a charge of plagiarism. If in doubt, consult the instructor or seek assistance from the staff of Academic Learning Services (68 PLC, 346-3226). In addition, it is plagiarism to submit as your own any academic exercise (for example, written work, printing, computer program, art or design work, musical composition, and choreography) prepared totally or in part by another.

Plagiarism also includes submitting work in which portions were substantially produced by someone acting as a tutor or editor.

Fabrication
Fabrication is the intentional use of information that the author has invented when he or she states or implies otherwise, or the falsification of research or other findings with the intent to deceive.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
1. citing information not taken from the source indicated;
2. listing sources in a reference not used in the academic exercise;
3. inventing data or source information for research or other academic exercises.

Cheating
Cheating is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents or misleadingly demonstrates that he or she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he or she has not mastered, including the giving or receiving of unauthorized help in an academic exercise.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
1. copying from another student's test paper, computer program, project, product, or performance;
2. collaborating without authority or allowing another student to copy one's work in a test situation;
3. using the course textbook or other material not authorized for use during a test;
4. using unauthorized materials during a test; for example, notes, formula lists, cues on a computer, photographs, symbolic representations, and notes written on clothing;
5. resubmitting substantially the same work that was produced for another assignment without the knowledge and permission of the instructor;
6. taking a test for someone else or permitting someone else to take a test for you.

Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct is the intentional violation of university policies, such as tampering with grades, or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of an un-administered test or any information about the test.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
1. stealing, buying, or obtaining in any other unauthorized manner all or part of an un-administered test;
2. selling, trading, or giving away all or part of an un-administered test, including answers to an un-administered test;
3. attempting to change or changing, altering, or being an accessory to changing or altering a grade in a grade book, work submitted on a test or a final project, a "supplementary grade report" form, or other official academic records of the university which relate to grades;
4. entering a building or office for the purpose of obtaining an un-administered test.

For more information on Academic Honesty and for a list of procedures, please visit: http://studentlife.uoreogn.edu/programs/student_judi_affairs/academic-dishonesty.htm

Other resources include: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/plagiarism/students/