Rights and Responsibilities
The university takes responsibility to ensure that students are aware of their rights and responsibilities. Carleton University maintains the importance of confidentiality and privacy in each student's academic career. The privacy of each student is recognized and will be protected under legislative and policy procedures. Students should expect other members of the Carleton University community to convey honesty and integrity in their teaching, administrative and research practices. Ombuds Services is available to advise students of their rights and responsibilities under the policy. Ombuds Services may be invited either by the student or the Dean to advise them during the procedural process. Course instructors, coupled with staff and administrators hold a responsibility to create an environment that discourages violation of the Policy. Instructors, staff and administrators also uphold a responsibility to assist students in completing their university degree successfully. Students should expect fairness and equity in their assessment of their work. Students are responsible for demonstrating honesty and ethical methods in their work. Instructors at both the undergraduate and graduate level have the responsibility to provide clear guidelines concerning their specific expectations of academic integrity.
Academic Integrity Standards
Effective adherence to academic integrity requires that students understand the meaning of academic
misconduct. The following list describes conduct that violates standards of Academic integrity.
1. Plagiarism: Defined as presenting, whether or intentionally or not, the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one's own.
Examples of Plagiarism:
- Any submission prepared in whole or in part by someone else
- Using ideas or direct quotations without appropriate citations in any academic assignment
- Using another's research findings without appropriate acknowledgement
- Failing to acknowledge sources through the use of proper citations when using another's work and or failing to use quotation marks
2. Co-operation or collaboration: students are not allowed to collaborate on academic work when the course instructor explicity has indicated that the work is to be completed on an individual basis.
3. Misrepresentation: Submitting or presenting false assignments, research, credentials or other documents for any academic purpose. Examples of misrepresentation include:
- Falsified research, lab results and data
- Falsified facts and refrences
- Falsified medical and compassionate certificates
- Falsified admission documents
- Falsified letters of support
- Falsified academic records, transcripts, diplomas
- Falsified dates or times of submission
- Falsified grades of an examination result
4. Impersonation: It's a violation of the academic integrity policy to impersonate another person
5. Witholding: It's a violation of the Policy to withold records, and transcripts to gain an unfair academic advantage
6. Obstruction and Interference: To interfere with the scholarly activities in order to gain an unfair academic advantage. This includes tampering with data, files, human/animal research
7. Disruption of classroom activities and Examinations: It is a violation of the standards of academic integrity for a student to disrupt the class
8. Improper access: It is a violation of the standards of academic integrity to improperly obtain access to confidential information such as Examinations or test questions to gain an unfair academic advantage
9. Improper Dissemination of Confidential Information: it is a violation to publish, disseminate or make available to a third-party confidential information without prior consent.
10. Unauthorized Dissemination: It is a violation to publish or otherwise make available to a third-party instructional material where the instructor has explicitly prohibited their dissemination
11. Knowingly Assisting in the Violation of the Academic Integrity Policy: to assist anyone in violating the standards of academic integrity, including by posting material online where there is a reasonable exception that it could be used in violation of the Policy, itself is a violation of academic integrity standards and subject to sanctions under the policy.
12. Tests and Examinations
The University is committed to ensuring fairness and consistency in the completion of examinations. As
part of this commitment, students are required to follow proper examinations procedures. A student who
commits a violation of this Policy on an examination, test, or take-home examination, or who obtains or
produces an answer or unfair advantage are subject to sanction under the Policy
This includes:
• bringing to the examination/test any unauthorized material;
• consulting any person or materials, including online materials, without permission to do so
during an examination;
• intentionally leaving answer papers exposed to view;
• attempting to read other students’ examination papers;
• speaking to another student where prohibited;
• disrupting or delaying a test or examination;
• failing to comply with the instruction of a University official administering an
examination.
A violation of this Policy may also occur by breaching one of the Rules and Procedures of