The MIS Department has a zero-tolerance policy for any type of academic dishonesty in the classroom.
Academic dishonesty refers to any form of cheating, plagiarism, or other unethical practices in academic settings. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling or distribution of term papers or other academic materials.
- Cheatingincludes, but is not limited to: (1) use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations; (2) use of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (3) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the university faculty or staff; (4) engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by a faculty member in the course syllabus, assignment, or class discussion; (5) or otherwise engaging in behavior that gives the Student an unfair academic advantage including, but not limited to, fabrication of data or sources, resubmitting work already submitted for another academic requirement without prior authorization, or other similar behavior.
- Facilitating, procuring, or encouraging another person to engage in plagiarism or cheating.
To be clear, the following are unacceptable:
- Copying material directly from the Internet (or another source) without a proper citation crediting the author.
- Posting material to the Internet so that it can be used by other students who are violating this academic integrity policy (i.e. posting exam material or assignment material to Course Hero).
- Turning in an assignment from a previous semester as if it were your own and created during the current semester.
- Having someone else complete your assignment and submitting it as if it were your own.
- Fraudulently updating the attendance record.
- Use of assignments completed in one class as any part of a project assigned in another class.
- Sharing/copying any graded assignment.
- Use of any unauthorized information during an examination.
- Any attempt to deliberately interfere with the technology used in this class (e.g. the class servers), or to electronically impersonate a student other than yourself, or to knowingly share your credentials with another student.
In cases of cheating where multiple parties are involved, all parties will be held equally responsible. Under this zero-tolerance policy, any student found violating the academic integrity policy will immediately receive a final grade of “F” for the course and a formal complaint will immediately be filed with Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards. This incident will be listed on your permanent academic record. As part of my formal complaint, I will petition to have you expelled from the university. I will not discuss the penalty for violating this policy; I will simply direct you to this paragraph in the class syllabus.
** As outlined in the university’s Withdrawal from Classes policy (policy no. 02.10.14), once a student has been informed that academic misconduct is suspected, the student may not drop or withdraw from the course during the investigation and adjudication process except where the drop or withdrawal is approved for exceptional circumstances. Details about The Department of Student Conduct, and related policies and procedures, can be found here: https://studentconduct.temple.edu/
A Necessary Constraint
As previously stated in this document, students are expected to compose their own solutions to class problems without the aid of AI and/or copying the work of others. Consequently, students are constrained in where and how they write code. Students are to compose their work using the nano editor found on misdemo.temple.edu (and will receive guidance in doing so.)
Students found to be copy/pasting code into files on the class server will be presumed to be cheating and will face consequences that range from receiving a zero on the activity/assignment to the more serious consequences outlined in the previous “Academic Integrity” portion of this document.
Unless otherwise directed by your instructor: 1) Type your code in nano and nowhere else; 2) Do not copy / paste code into nano; 3) Do not use AI to write your code 4) Do not copy the work of others.