Honor Code Guidelines
Detailed information on Honor Code is available at: www.asuc.org/honorcode/
The student
community at UC Berkeley has adopted the following Honor Code:
ÒAs a member of the UC
Berkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect for others.Ó The hope and expectation is that you will
adhere to this code.
Collaboration and Independence: Reviewing lecture and reading materials and
studying for exams can be enjoyable and enriching things to do with fellow
students. This is recommended. However, while you can discuss homeworks,
homework assignments are to be completed independently and materials submitted
as homework should be the result of oneÕs own independent work.
Cheating: A good lifetime strategy is always to act in
such a way that no one would ever imagine that you would even consider
cheating. Anyone caught cheating on
a quiz or exam in this course will receive a failing grade in the course and
will also be reported to the University Center for Student Conduct. In order to guarantee that you are not
suspected of cheating, please keep your eyes on your own materials and do not
converse with others during the quizzes and exams.
Plagiarism: To copy text or ideas from another source
without appropriate reference is plagiarism and will result in a failing grade
for your assignment and usually further disciplinary action. For additional information on plagiarism
and how to avoid it, see, for example:
http://gsi.berkeley.edu/teachingguide/misconduct/prevent-plag.html
Academic Integrity and Ethics: Cheating on exams and plagiarism are two common examples
of dishonest, unethical behavior.
Honesty and integrity are of great importance in all facets of
life. They help to build a sense of
self-confidence, and are key to building trust within relationships, whether
personal or professional. There is
no tolerance for dishonesty in the academic world, for it undermines what we
are dedicated to doing – furthering knowledge for the benefit of
humanity.
Your experience as a student at UC Berkeley is hopefully
fueled by passion for learning and replete with fulfilling activities. And we also appreciate that being a student
may be stressful. There may be times
when there is temptation to engage in some kind of cheating in order to improve
a grade or otherwise advance your career.
This could be as blatant as having someone else sit for you in an exam,
or submitting a written assignment that has been copied from another source. And it could be as subtle as glancing at
a fellow studentÕs exam when you are unsure of an answer to a question and are
looking for some confirmation. One
might do any of these things and potentially not get caught. However, if you cheat, no matter how
much you may have learned in this class, you have failed to learn perhaps the
most important lesson of all.
Students found cheating will receive an F grade
for the course.