Grader Code-of-Conduct Agreement
You must submit a signed copy of this document once you've been hired by CSE and as soon as possible after you begin working. Print a copy through your browser, sign, and return it to Eleanor Quinlan in the main office.
I, the undersigned, understand that as a grader for the Department of computer and Information Science, it is my responsibility to help assure that the students in the course(s) I am assigned to do not violate the University and Departmental rules pertainin to Academic Misconductt as embodied in Rule 3335-31-02 of the Administrative code (see copy below). I also understand that I myself would be violating these rules and be subject to appropriate disciplinary action if in any way I knowingly condone, aid or abet academic misconduct, or fail to report suspected cases to the instructor(s) of the course(s) for which I am grading.
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3335-31-02 Committee on Academic Misconduct
(A) The Committee shall investigate or establish procedures for investigation of all reported cases of student academic misconduct and decide upon suitable disciplinary action. However, the Committee does not hear cases involving academic misconduct in professional colleges having a published honor code. These colleges shall follow their own codes and procedures that can be obtained in their respective central offices. The Committee may, in its discretion, refer cases to the University Judicial Panel if it determines that the academic misconduct allegation is incidental to some other misconduct.
(B) Academic misconduct is defined as any activity which tends to compromise the academic integrity of the institution, subvert the education process. Examples of academic misconduct include:
- violation of course rules as conttained in the course syllabus or other information provided the student;
- providing or receiving information during exams and quizzes; or providing or using unauthorized assistance in the laboratory, at the computer terminal, on field work;
- plagiarism, including the use of term papers or laboratory reports from any source other than the student's own work;
- serving as, or enlisting the assistance of a "ringer" or substitute for a student in the taking of examinations;
- alteration of grades or marks by the student in an effort to change the earned grade or credit;
- alteration of University forms used to drop or add courses to a program, or unauthorized use of those forms; and
- failure to report incidents of academic misconduct.
(C) All cases of suspected misconduct shall be reported to the Committee. The committee also shall investigate cases of tax or irregular examination methods and report findings to the vice President for Academic Affairs. Students have the obligation to report suspected misconduct or irregular or lax examination methods. The committee may impose any Code sanction. The Committee consists of:
- six faculty members elected by the University Senate for three-year terms; annual elections allow two retirees each year, none serving more than two consecutive terms;
- two graduate students appointed by the President of the Council of Graduate Students for a one-year term;
- two undergraduate students appointed by the President of the Undergraduate Student government for a one-year term;
- the Dean of Student Life, or designee, ex-officio and without vote; and
- a coordinator, appointed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, ex-officio and without vote.
Details of Rule 335-5-54 of the Administrative Code and Committee procedures are available from the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
