Clarification of Unauthorized Behavior and Consequences
The Northeastern University Academic Integrity Policy forbids students from using, or attempting to use, unauthorized materials and forbids unauthorized collaboration. You should read and understand that policy. It applies to you as a student of Northeastern University.
Students may not:
Consequences
No Excuses will be accepted
If two students submit files, where one file is electronically derived from a copy of the other, or both files are derived from copies of a third, then cheating has taken place. There are no situations where a student is permitted to send his or her files to another student or third party, or to receive a file from another student or third party, or to provide access to another student or third party to one’s files, or to accept access to the files of another student or third party.
Students may not:
- Give, or send am assignment, lab, quiz or test file to another student or third party
- Receive an assignment, lab, quiz or test file from another student or third party
- Give access to any resource, such as a computer, flash drive or account, to another student or third party, if access to that resource would also enable access to an assignment, lab, quiz or test file.
- Accept access to any resource, such as a computer, flash drive or account, from another student or third party, if accepting access would also enable access to an assignment, quiz or test file.
- Use any resource, such as a computer, flash drive or account, that is shared by multiple users, if using this resource would allow you to access the work of another student, or would allow another student to access your work. (Note: This includes, but is not limited to, use of the computers provided for athletes in Cabot that do not require students to log in with individual personal accounts, or use of computers in fraternities that may not require students to log in with individual personal accounts.)
- Use assignments, labs, quizzes, or test files received from students in other sections or prior semesters.
Consequences
- All students who are caught cheating will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR). Students who have been referred to OSCCR will be given the opportunity to accept responsibility for their infraction or to request a hearing before a student conduct board. If a student accepts responsibility for a minimum sanction of deferred suspension will follow. A second violation will meet with expulsion from the University.
- All students who are caught cheating will receive a 0 for the item on which
cheating occurred. - All students who are caught cheating will lose 20% off their final grade for
the course.
No Excuses will be accepted
If two students submit files, where one file is electronically derived from a copy of the other, or both files are derived from copies of a third, then cheating has taken place. There are no situations where a student is permitted to send his or her files to another student or third party, or to receive a file from another student or third party, or to provide access to another student or third party to one’s files, or to accept access to the files of another student or third party.