Academic Integrity Policy

Academic Services

Personal integrity is a behavioral expectation for all members of the Malone College community, including students of Malone Online. Academic integrity is that part of personal integrity which encompasses all activities in the learning process. Academic integrity is the consistent demonstration of honorable behavior in all academic endeavors.

Participation in academic activities and/or submission of academic work that includes any form of deception is inappropriate. While collaborative endeavors are both permitted and encouraged, it is essential for students to understand the factors that distinguish acceptable and unacceptable academic behaviors.

Submitting part or all of an oral or written assignment as one's own work which is copied, paraphrased or purchased from another source without proper acknowledgement of that source is plagiarism. Misrepresenting attendance; using information or accepting aid which is not approved by the instructor (including, but not limited to using notes during a closed-book test, soliciting information about the contents of an assignment or test or accessing and/or disseminating unauthorized material) is considered unacceptable academic behavior.

The list of examples given describes situations in which academic integrity is not being maintained. It is provided to help clarify academic behaviors that must be avoided. While it does not constitute an exhaustive list, it is sufficiently comprehensive to inform even those students who might otherwise compromise academic integrity unintentionally, unconsciously or as a result of lack of knowledge.

Please send an email to distancelearning@malone.edu if you would like a printed copy of the Malone College Academic Integrity Policy.
 
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