The following are defined as disciplinary offenses actionable by the University:

1. Scholastic Dishonesty: submission of false records of academic achievement; cheating on assignments or examinations; plagiarizing; altering, forging, or misusing a University academic record; taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission; acting alone or in cooperation with another to falsify records or to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement. [...]

The UMM Campus Assembly has enacted a set of policies and procedures designed to maintain a climate of academic integrity and responsible behavior on the Morris campus. Briefly, the Campus Assembly actions established a Committee on Academic Integrity and a Student Behavior Committee.

The Committee on Academic Integrity is made up of three students and three faculty members and is charged with the responsibility of educating students regarding the need for standards of academic honesty, advising faculty and students on questions of procedure in the event of a suspected violation of these standards, and determining the guilt or innocence of students involved in cases of alleged academic dishonesty brought before the committee.

It is the college's desire that questions of academic dishonesty be settled directly by the instructor and student(s) involved. Procedures specify that if the standards of academic integrity have been violated, the instructor should meet with the student(s) involved and, after informing the student(s) of the allegation and supporting evidence, attempt to reach an agreement regarding the veracity of the charges and whether a penalty is to be levied. If a decision is reached, the course instructor will prepare and submit a written report to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs within seven days, presenting the details of the incident, evidence, and penalties imposed. A copy of the report will be provided to the student(s) in question; students have the right to file their own versions of the incident with the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, should they desire to do so. These reports will be maintained in a confidential University file. If an agreement between the student(s) and the instructor cannot be reached, the matter may be referred by either of the parties to the Committee on Academic Integrity for resolution.

Sec 1.3:
Resolutions of violations of academic integrity shall normally occur between the course instructor and the involved student or students. In each case, the instructor shall prepare a written account which includes: the date of the violation; the class (and section if appropriate) in which the violation occurred; the nature of the violation; the name(s) of the student(s) involved; a description of the action taken by the instructor; the name of the instructor. Such actions shall be sent to the Assistant Provost [Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs] who will review them in order to identify repeat offenders for the Committee on Academic Integrity. Through this process, the Committee will be able to identify any students who are repeat offenders. The names of all persons involved will be held in strict confidence. Each student shall be provided by the Committee with a copy of the written account of the violation of academic integrity which is provided to the Committee. Students may, if they wish, supply the Committee with a written statement regarding their position on the matter. Such statements shall be maintained with the notice of violation submitted by the course instructor.

Forms of Academic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the inclusion of someone else's product, words, ideas, or data as one's own work. When a student submits work for credit that includes the product, words, ideas, or data of others, the source must be acknowledged by the use of complete, accurate, and specific references. By placing one's name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgements. On written assignments, if verbatim statements are included, the statements must be enclosed by quotation marks or set off from regular text as indented extracts. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an acknowledgement of indebtedness. Indebtedness must be acknowledged whenever one:

• quotes another person's actual words or replicates all or part of another's product;
• uses another person's ideas, opinions, work, data, or theories, even if they are completely paraphrased in one's own words;
• borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials -- unless the information is common knowledge.