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Academic dishonesty

MU has established a policy for students regarding academic dishonesty, and the MU Sinclair School of Nursing adheres to this policy as it relates to nursing students. Read selected portions of the policy, taken from the M-Book, below:

Academic dishonesty is an offense against the University. A student who has committed an act of academic dishonesty has failed to meet a basic requirement of satisfactory academic performance. Thus, academic dishonesty is not only a basis for disciplinary action but also relevant to the evaluation of the student's level of performance.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to:

  • Cheating or knowingly assisting another student in committing an act of cheating or other academic dishonesty;
  • Plagiarism, which may include, but is not necessarily limited to, submitting examinations, theses, reports, drawings, laboratory notes or other materials as one's own work when such work has been prepared by another person or copied from another person;
  • Unauthorized possession of examinations or reserve library material; destruction or hiding of source materials, library materials, laboratory materials or experiments; or any other similar actions, and
  • Unauthorized changing of grades or markings on an examination or in an instructor's grade book, or such change of any grade record.

Disciplinary action. Any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty is subject to disciplinary action. Nursing students also take professional roles and are, therefore, subject to rules of professional conduct. Any student who does not observe professional behavior in adherence to Sinclair School of Nursing philosophy statements and professional standards and codes of ethics is subject to disciplinary action, as published in the University M-Book.

Academic evaluation. The instructor determines the grade to be awarded to a student and, in making that determination, may take into account academic dishonesty on the part of the student for academic but not for disciplinary reasons.