Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles for SCUHS

1. The quotation or other use of another person’s words, ideas, opinions, thoughts, or theories (even if
paraphrased into one’s own words) without acknowledgment of the source;
2. The quotation or other use of facts, statistics, or other data or materials that are not clearly common
knowledge without acknowledgment of the source;
3. Copying or buying of all or any portion of another’s academic, research, or creative work — even with the
author’s or creator’s knowledge and permission — and submitting it, in part or in its entirety, as one’s own. This
includes material available through the Internet or other electronic sources and any material which has been
copyrighted. Students are hereby advised that when such material has been copyrighted, its unauthorized use
constitutes not only a breach of academic integrity, but a violation of law and may incur civil or criminal
penalties.
Ignorance of these rules concerning plagiarism is not an excuse. When in doubt, students should seek
clarification from the professor who made the assignment.
Other Forms of Academic Dishonesty
(SCU Policy 5.5.3.2)
Cheating
(SCU Policy 5.5.3.2.1)
Cheating is defined as using, or attempting to use, in any academic exercise materials, information, study aids,
or electronic data that the student knows or should know is unauthorized. Cheating also encompasses the
provision or acceptance of any of any unauthorized assistance during an examination, including talking to
another student, viewing another student’s examination, and making or receiving gestures from another
student. All instances of cheating will be penalized as described below.
Collusion
(SCU Policy 5.5.3.2.2)
Collusion includes cooperation of student(s) with faculty or staff personnel in securing confidential
information/material (tests, examinations, etc.); bribery by student(s) to change examination grades and/or
grade point average(s); cooperative efforts by student(s) and student assistant(s) to gain access to examinations
or answers to examinations for distribution; seeking, obtaining, possessing, or giving or selling to another person
an examination or portions of an examination (not yet given), without permission of the instructor.
Fabrication of Data
(SCU Policy 5.5.3.2.3)
Work submitted for assessment must be produced by the individual student. The engagement of another person
to complete an assessment or examination in place of the student, whether for payment or otherwise, is not
tolerated by the University.
Recycling
(SCU Policy 5.5.3.2.4)
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