Academic dishonesty is considered a serious breach of the ethical standards expected of every FAU student, because it interferes with the university mission to provide a high quality education in which no student enjoys an unfair advantage over any other.  Academic dishonesty is also destructive of the university community, which is grounded in a system of mutual trust and places high value on personal integrity and individual responsibility.  FAU’s Honor Code outlines the process by which such cases are adjudicated.

The Honor Code requires a faculty member, student, or staff member to notify an instructor when there is reason to believe an academic irregularity is occurring in a course. The instructor must pursue any reasonable allegation, taking action where appropriate. 

Cheating

• The unauthorized use of notes, books, electronic devices, or other study aids while taking an examination or working on an assignment.

• Providing unauthorized assistance to or receiving assistance from another student during an examination or while working on an assignment.

• Having someone take an exam or complete an assignment in one’s place.

• Unlawfully securing an exam, receiving a copy of an exam, or sharing a copy of an exam.

Plagiarism

• The presentation of words or ideas from any other source or another person as one’s own.

• Failure to put someone else’s words in quotation marks, using the proper citation.

• Putting someone else’s ideas or facts into your own words without proper citation.

• Giving a wrong citation.

• Turning in someone else’s work as one’s own, including the buying and selling of term papers or assignments.

• Falsifying or inventing information, data, or citations.

• Failing to comply with examination regulations or to obey the instructions of an examination proctor.