For original text please see: Academic Senate - F88-10 Academic Dishonesty; Cheating, Plagarism, Sanctions
Academic Senate - S98-1 Recycling Papers and Defining Plagarism

Academic dishonesty defrauds all those who depend upon the integrity of the University, its courses, and its degrees. In a broader sense the public is defrauded if faculty knowingly or unwittingly allow dishonest acts to be rewarded academically. Faculty should make every reasonable effort to foster honest academic conduct. Specifically, examinations should be appropriately proctored or monitored to prevent students from copying or exchanging information, and examinations and answers to examination questions should be secured in such a way that students cannot have prior access to them. If the faculty member believes that there is evidence of academic dishonesty on the part of a student, it is the faculty member's responsibility to take action against the student in accordance with this policy. Students at San Jose State University have the right to know what constitutes academic dishonesty in each course in which they are enrolled. Faculty members should apprise their classes of the ethical standards required in their courses and the permissible procedures in class work and examinations. If feasible, this information should be presented in the course outline (green sheet), and/or on examination questionnaires. Any deviation from this policy on Academic Dishonesty should be included in course outlines. Students also should be informed of the consequences of violation of ethics standards, their rights of appeal, and the procedures to be followed in the appeal.

1.0 DEFINITIONS OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

1.1 CHEATING:

At SJSU, cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Cheating at SJSU includes but is not limited to:

1.1.2 Submitting work previously presented in another course, if contrary to the rule of either course;

1.1 3 Using or consulting during an examination sources or materials not authorized by the instructor;

1.1.4 Altering or interfering with grading or grading instructions;

1.1.5 Sitting for an examination by a surrogate, or as a surrogate;

1.1.6 Any other act committed by a student in the course of his or her academic work which defrauds or misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above.

1.2 PLAGIARISM:

At SJSU plagiarism is the act of representing the work of another as one's own (without giving appropriate credit) regardless of how that work was obtained, and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements. Plagiarism at SJSU includes but is not limited to:

1.2.1 The act of incorporating the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or the specific substances of another's work, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one's own work; and

1.2.2 Representing another's artistic/scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs, photographs, paintings, drawing, sculptures, or similar works as one's own.