THE HONOR SYSTEM OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
The Honor System of the College of Charleston is intended to promote and protect an atmosphere of trust and fairness in the classroom and in the conduct of daily life. Students at the College of Charleston are bound by honor and by their enrollment at the College to abide by the codes and to report violations. Faculty members are equally required to report violations of the Honor Code or Code of Conduct.
As members of the college community, students are expected to evidence a high standard of personal conduct and to respect the rights of other students, faculty, staff members, community neighbors, and visitors on campus. Students are also expected to adhere to all federal, state, and local laws.
Alleged violations of the Honor Code or Code of Conduct which are not admitted by the student will be heard by the honor board, a body composed of students, faculty, and staff members. A student who admits to a violation of the Code of Conduct may elect to have the violation adjudicated by the Office of Student Affairs, a disciplinary panel or by a full honor board. A student who admits to a violation of the Honor Code may elect to have the violation adjudicated by a disciplinary panel or by a full honor board.
Who is a student
The term ÒstudentÓ includes all persons taking courses at the College, both full-time and part-time, pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies and those who attend post-secondary educational institutions other than the College and who reside in the CollegeÕs residence halls. Persons who are not officially enrolled for a particular term but who have a continuing relationship with the College are considered Òstudents.Ó
The Honor Code of the College of Charleston specifically forbids:
Lying: knowingly furnishing false information, orally or in writing, including but not limited to deceit or efforts to deceive relating to academic work, to information legitimately sought by an official or employee of the College, and to testimony before individuals authorized to inquire or investigate conduct; lying also includes the fraudulent use of identification cards.
Cheating: the actual giving or receiving of unauthorized, dishonest assistance that might give one student an unfair advantage over another in the performance of any assigned, graded academic work, inside or outside of the classroom, and by any means whatsoever, including but not limited to fraud, duress, deception, theft, talking, making signs, gestures, copying, unauthorized use or possession of study aids, unauthorized reuse of previously graded work, memoranda, books, data, or other information.
Attempted cheating: a willful act designed to accomplish cheating, but falling short of that goal.
Stealing: the unauthorized taking or appropriating of property from the College or from another member of the college community. Note also that stealing includes unauthorized copying of and unauthorized access to computer software.
Attempted stealing: a willful act designed to accomplish stealing, but falling short of that goal.
Plagiarism:Ê The verbatim repetition, without acknowledgement, of the writings of another author. All significant phrases, clauses, or passages, taken directly from source material must be enclosed in quotation marks and acknowledged either in the text itself or in footnotes/endnotes.
  • Borrowing without acknowledging the source.
  • Paraphrasing the thoughts of another writer without acknowledgement.
  • ¥ Allowing any other person or organization to prepare work which one then submits as his/her own.
Penalties for Violations of the Honor Code range up to and include expulsion from the College. Attempted cheating, attempted stealing, and the knowing possession of stolen property shall be subject to the same punishment as the other offenses. Because the potential penalties for an Honor Code violation are extremely serious, all students should be thoroughly familiar with the above definitions and be guided by them.
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