Appendix A: Integrity Policy

All students in the School of Nursing (SON) are expected to comply with all University and SON policies, procedures, and expectations related to integrity, professional role expectations (see Policy), and standards and codes of conduct. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary actions as outlined in university and/or School of Nursing policies and procedures.

Purpose of the SON Integrity Policy

Required as a citizen of the SON community, each student is responsible for abiding by the principles of academic integrity, professional integrity, and respect for others throughout his/her tenure in the SON. The SON Personal Integrity Guidelines set forth specific standards of conduct that provide a framework for applying each principle in the context of nursing education and the nursing role. These guidelines state the expectations of the SON with respect to some specific integrity issues that may arise in the course of nursing education. All SON students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with these guidelines. However, because no set of guidelines can anticipate all potential challenges to personal integrity, students are also expected to adhere to the principles of academic integrity, professional integrity, and respect for others in all endeavors pertaining to nursing education and the nursing role.

Policy

1. Cheating- Dishonesty of any kind with respect to examination, course assignments, alterations of records, or illegal possession of examinations shall be considered cheating. It is the responsibility of the student not only to abstain from cheating, but in addition, to avoid the appearance of cheating and to guard against making it possible for others to cheat. Any student who helps another student to cheat will be considered as guilty of cheating as the student he/she assists. The student should do everything possible to induce respect for the examining process and for honesty in the performance of assigned tasks in or out of course.
2. Plagiarism- Honesty requires that any ideas or materials taken from another for either written or oral use must be fully acknowledged. Offering the work of someone else as one's own is plagiarism. The language or ideas thus taken from another may range from isolated formulas, sentences, or paragraphs, to entire articles copied from books, periodicals, speeches, or the writings of other students. The offering of materials assembled or collected by others in the form of projects or