All members of the London Program (faculty and students) have a responsibility to foster a community environment conducive to academic honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with conditions that constitute an offense against academic honesty and to avoid breaches of these standards. Faculty members also have the responsibility to create an atmosphere which minimizes the opportunity for offenses against academic honesty.

An offense against academic honesty is any act which would deceive, cheat or defraud so as to promote or enhance one's academic standing. A violation of academic honesty also includes knowingly or actively assisting any person in the commission of an offense of academic dishonesty. Offenses against academic honesty include plagiarism, cheating, and/or violation of the professional ethics and standards espoused in his/her field of study.

If it is believed that a student has participated in an act of academic dishonesty, the involved faculty member should preserve any evidence and schedule an immediate (within one week) conference with the student in private. Once convinced that an offense has occurred, the faculty may select/recommend one or more of the following responses. The option(s) selected should be consistent with the severity of the offense.

1. Give the student, if conditions warrant, an opportunity to resubmit the assignment or to made up the work where dishonesty occurred.
   
   
2. Assign a grade of "F" to the plagiarized item, assignment, or the examination where dishonesty was involved.
   
   
3. Assign an "F" to the course.
   
   
4. Disenroll the student from the class (to be processed through the home institution of enrollment).
   
   
5. Recommend that the student be dismissed from the London Program.

Within five days following the conference, the faculty member should make a detailed written report of the situation and the disposition reached, and this report should be kept on file by the faculty member along with other materials appropriate to the case. Two copies of the summary statement should be sent to the London Program Director who will in turn forward one copy to the Director at the home institution of enrollment via Moderator. An information copy of the final report should be forwarded to the student and the faculty member.

If the incident cannot be resolved between the student and the faculty member, the student should request in writing within five days to the London Program Director, that a London Program Grievance Committee (consisting of no more than three London Program faculty who are not involved in the case) hear the case and make a final decision.The London Program Grievance Committee should make a final determination and prepare a report summarizing its findings and response. This process should be completed within two weeks of the initial request for review if at all possible. Decisions of the committee are final and are not subject of further review.  All materials pertinent to the class should be forwarded via the Moderator to the Director at the home institution of enrollment, with informational copies sent to the student, the faculty member, and the London Program Director.

October 2004