University policies and procedures regarding academic dishonesty were revised and have been in effect from winter 1992. The policies and procedures are published for your review and information. Please read them carefully.
I. GENERAL STATEMENT
The policy of Hawai'i Pacific University is clear regarding academic dishonesty. Any student who cheats on an academic exercise, lends assistance to others, or who hands in, as a completed assignment, work that is not his or her own will be penalized. The ultimate penalty is suspension from the University.
The term "academic exercise" includes all forms of work submitted for points, grades, or credit.
II. FORMS OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
The definition and classification of academic dishonesty include:
A. Cheating
1. The intentional use of or attempted use of unauthorized assistance,
materials, information, and/or study aids in any academic exercise.
2. The act of collaborating and working together on any academic exercise
(without the approval of the instructor) which is similar in appearance,
content, and form so as to create doubt as to whether the work was
truly the product of individualized effort.
3. Examples of cheating include but are not limited to:
a. giving or receiving unauthorized assistance during examinations;
b. submitting assignments that appear to be similar in appearance,
content, and form to an assignment submitted by another person.
B. Plagiarism
1. The deliberate use or reproduction of ideas, words, or statements of
another as one's own without proper acknowledgment or citation.
2. Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:
a. using verbatim or paraphrased text without proper citation;
b. paraphrasing so as to mislead the reader regarding the source;
c. submitting, without permission, the same written or oral material in
more than one course;
d. obtaining research or lab data from another individual or source but
presenting it as one's own.
C. Facilitating Academic Dishonesty
Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to commit
an act or acts of academic dishonesty as defined in this policy.
D. Fabrication
1. The intentional and unauthorized falsifying or inventing of any information
or citation in an academic exercise or University document.
2. Examples of fabrication include but are not limited to:
a. falsifying data or signatures on an official University document (e.g.,
registration form, college record, or transcript);
b. misrepresenting a fact in order to obtain a course exemption, waiver,
or withdrawal.
III. PROCEDURES FOR DISHONESTY CASES
A. Suspected cases of academic dishonesty may be dealt with by the
instructor or instructors concerned, in each of the following ways
or combination of these:
1. Grade redetermination.
2. Remanding the case to the vice president and academic dean.
3. Additional assignments.
In each such instance, a report of the incident and the penalty imposed shall
be sent to the vice president and academic dean.
B. Penalties
Instructors may elect to assess one of the following penalties:
1. Require the student to redo the academic exercise or do a new
academic exercise.
2. Give the student an F for the academic exercise and permit it to be
redone.
3. Give the student an F for the course.
4. Give the student an FD (F for academic dishonesty which remains a
permanent part of the student's transcript and is not subject to the
retake policy).
5. Remand the case to the appropriate dean for disposition. That dean
may impose one of the foregoing penalties or remand the case to the
vice president/academic dean.
6. If the case is remanded to the vice president and academic dean for
disposition, that official may impose one of the foregoing penalties or
remand the case to the Student Conduct Review Board.
7. The Student Conduct Review Board can recommend any of the
foregoing penalties. In addition the board can:
a. issue the student a letter of warning;
b. place the student on probation;
c. suspend the student from Hawai'i Pacific University.
The vice president and academic dean must approve the board's
recommendations for them to be actuated.
C. Rights and Privileges
1. Students may petition the vice president and academic dean, requesting
that the case be referred to either the vice president and academic dean
or to the Student Conduct Review Board. The vice president and
academic dean must approve the petition before action can be taken.
2. Instructors may request that the vice president and academic dean
dispose of the case or refer it to the Student Conduct Review Board.
3. The vice president and academic dean may take the case for his or her
own disposition, or refer it to the Student Conduct Review Board.
