The Honor Code

(1) UTHSC students must exhibit personal integrity and responsibility and conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner with respect to: HONOR CODE CHAPTER 1720-03-01 (a) The classroom, including without limitation: 1. Tests and examinations; 2. Oral, written, and practical reports and assignments in a student’s academic or research program; 3. The use electronic technology; and 4. Classroom requirements set by UTHSC, a college within UTHSC (“College”), or a UTHSC faculty member. (b) Laboratory work, including without limitation: 1. Completing individual and group assignments; 2. Reporting laboratory results; 3. Acknowledging contributions from other individuals and sources; and 4. Laboratory requirements set by UTHSC, a College, or a faculty member. (c) Clinical work, including without limitation: 1. Attendance and participation in clinical teams; 2. Use of patient records; 3. Timely completion of reports; 4. Patient care; and 5. Clinical work requirements set by UTHSC, a College, or a faculty member. (2) Section .02(1) shall be referred to as the “Honor Code.” (3) Violations of the Honor Code include, without limitation: (a) Using, receiving, or providing unauthorized assistance or possessing unauthorized information or materials: during tests, examinations, academic assignments, or scholarship; in the preparation of oral, written, or practical reports; or in clinical or laboratory work in the student's academic or research program. (b) Recording or reporting fraudulent data relating to patient care, willfully neglecting clinical responsibilities, or otherwise compromising patient treatment through a lack of professional integrity. (c) Plagiarizing (presenting another person's ideas, words, projects, creations, or work as the student’s own). (d) Falsifying, fabricating, or misrepresenting data, laboratory results, research results, citations, or other information in connection with academic assignments or clinical, field, or laboratory records. (e) Substituting for another student or have another student substituting for oneself to take an exam or perform an academic, laboratory, clinical, or field assignment. HONOR CODE CHAPTER 1720-03-01 (f) Collaborating with others in assigned out-of-class activities, laboratory work, field work, scholarship, or other academic assignment when the instructions require individual effort. (g) Altering grades, answers, marks, or documents in an effort to change academic records, the earned grade, or credit. (h) Submitting without authorization the same assignment for credit in more than one course. (i) Forging a signature or allowing forgery on any class- or university-related document, such as a class roll or drop/add sheet. Such forgeries could involve false identification by electronic, paper, or other means. (j) Failing to follow a faculty member’s instructions about the integrity of an exam or academic assignment. (k) Engaging in an activity that unfairly places another student at a disadvantage, such as taking, hiding, or altering resource material or manipulating a grading system. (l) Maliciously and falsely accusing another student of violating the Honor Code. (m) Assisting another student in violating the Honor Code. (n) Failing to report to UTHSC in a timely manner one’s reasonable belief that another person has violated the Honor Code. (o) Discussing or revealing confidential information or materials relating to allegations, investigations, charges, or hearings of a College Honor Council or the University Honor Court. (p) Engaging in unauthorized or inappropriate distribution or use of course materials (e.g., podcasts/lecture recordings), including without limitation: 1. Sharing materials with individuals not enrolled in the UTHSC course; 2. Posting lectures or portions of lectures to external sites; 3. Creating clips for online video repositories; and 4. Posting recordings of patient encounters in simulated or actual clinical settings. (q) Engaging in other similar acts of academic dishonesty.