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Applies to all University of St Augustine for Health Sciences StudentsACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICYAcademic IntegrityAcademic integrity means that all academic work represents the individual work of the stated author.Input and assistance from others must always be appropriate and fully acknowledged. Any deviation fromthis policy will be considered Academic Dishonesty.Academic DishonestyAcademic dishonesty can occur in many forms and variations. The following is a list of some academicdishonesty offenses:1. Cheating - a form of misrepresentation. Cheating can include but is not limited to:a. Using another’s work as your own.b. Utilizing a paper or assignment bought or taken from a website.c. Allowing someone else to turn in your work as his or her own.d. Several people writing one paper and turning in separate copies, all represented (implicitlyor explicitly) as individual work.e. Stealing an examination or a solution from the instructor.f. Looking at another student’s exam.g. Using notes or other aids in an exam when they are not permitted.h. Sharing exam questions with other students.i. Sharing case scenarios from a practical with other students.2. Fabrication - is the forgery or invention of information or citation in an academic exercise. Thismight include the use of false results in a research study or fabricating a resource for a referencelist.3. Facilitating Dishonesty - assisting another to perform an act of academic dishonesty. Thisincludes someone taking an exam other than the appropriate student. It may also address misuseof a proctor or falsification of a required proctor.4. Plagiarism - Plagiarism is a serious academic offense. The University of St. Augustine for HealthSciences defines plagiarism as “knowingly using the words, ideas or language of another authorwithout giving credit to the work”. In its severest form, plagiarism is the theft of another’sintellectual work.The University does recognize that there are many “colors and shades” of plagiarism and at times, it mayeven be an inadvertent mistake such as leaving off a reference from a bibliography.Intentional violations are a much more serious offense. An example of this might be the use of aparagraph from a journal article without citation in a report or bulletin board response. It is with this inmind that the University has defined the following “levels of misconduct.”Level One Academic DishonestyLevel One violation typically occurs as a result of students not familiarizing themselves with writing andcourse requirements. They may include:1. Lazy plagiarism-forgetting a citation or leaving a reference off of a reference list.2. Failure to cite or acknowledge a source in a small or limited part of the paper.Most Level One misconduct offenses are dealt with by the instructor. Actions may include:1. Re-submission of the assignment2. An additional assignment3. Reduction of gradeUniversity of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 38