Clarification of Unauthorized Behavior and Consequences
All work is to be the student’s own. You may not copy, borrow, or paraphrase other people’s work (including websites) without fully citing the sources. Any attempt to misrepresent somebody else’s work or portion of their work as your own is considered plagiarism and will be dealt with in accordance with University policy, which commonly means a failing grade (‘F’). Students are expected to read and understand the Northeastern University Academic Integrity Policy.
Students may not:
Consequences
No Excuses will be accepted
If two students submit files, where one file is electronically derived from a copy of the other, or both files are derived from copies of a third, then cheating has taken place. There are no situations where a student is permitted to send his or her files to another student or third party, or to receive a file from another student or third party, or to provide access to another student or third party to one’s files, or to accept access to the files of another student or third party.
Students may not:
- Give, or send an assignment, lab, quiz or exam to another student or third party
- Receive an assignment, lab, quiz or exam from another student or third party
- Give access to any resource, such as a computer, flash drive or account, to another student or third party, if access to that resource would also enable access to an assignment, lab, quiz or exam.
- Accept access to any resource, such as a computer, flash drive or account, from another student or third party, if accepting access would also enable access to an assignment, quiz or exam.
- Use any resource, such as a computer, flash drive or account, that is shared by multiple users, if using this resource would allow you to access the work of another student, or would allow another student to access your work. (Note: This includes, but is not limited to, use of the computers provided for athletes in Cabot that do not require students to log in with individual personal accounts, or use of computers in fraternities that may not require students to log in with individual personal accounts.)
- Use assignments, labs, quizzes, or exams received from students in other sections or prior semesters.
Consequences
- All students who are caught cheating will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR). Students who have been referred to OSCCR will be given the opportunity to accept responsibility for their infraction or to request a hearing before a student conduct board. If a student accepts responsibility for a minimum sanction a deferred suspension will follow. A second violation will meet with expulsion from the University.
- All students who are caught cheating will receive a 0 for the item on which cheating occurred.
- All students who are caught cheating will lose 20% off their final grade for the course.
No Excuses will be accepted
If two students submit files, where one file is electronically derived from a copy of the other, or both files are derived from copies of a third, then cheating has taken place. There are no situations where a student is permitted to send his or her files to another student or third party, or to receive a file from another student or third party, or to provide access to another student or third party to one’s files, or to accept access to the files of another student or third party.