Academic Integrity Case Study

Southern New Hampshire University School of Business and Technology students are expected to conduct themselves in an ethical and professional manner. All graded assignments, including discussion posts, papers, projects, exams and other submissions must be the original work of the individual student unless otherwise specified by the faculty. Academic dishonesty is an exceptionally serious offense and may result in a failing grade on an assignment, failure in the course, or dismissal from the College. If a faculty suspects a violation of academic integrity, a zero grade will be recorded in the gradebook as a placeholder to allow for further investigation. Students are required to understand all academic related policies by reviewing the Student

• Any act of representing another’s work, whether copyrighted or not, as one’s own. Another’s work includes, but is not limited to, homework, written papers, examinations, laboratory assignments, published work, etc.
• A submitted paper or other written assignment that contains word-for-word passages of others’ work without proper acknowledgment.
• Paraphrasing the work of others, including specific information or ideas that are not properly acknowledged/cited.
• Two or more submitted papers, lab assignments, etc., that contain a resemblance decidedly beyond the bounds of reasonable coincidence.
• A submitted paper, examination or assignment that contains data or conclusions which, upon questioning, the student cannot explain, support or demonstrate direct knowledge.
• Self-plagiarism, or the unreferenced re-use of written work done for previous assignments, is not allowed. Each assignment should be new, original work created by the student to meet the objectives of that particular assignment.
• Students may only use minimal amounts of previous assignments when creating a new assignment if their previous work is properly referenced like any other written