Code of Academic Integrity

All academic work submitted at Wittenberg will carry the honor statement. "I affirm that my work upholds the highest standards of honesty and academic integrity at Wittenberg, and that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized assistance."

Academic dishonesty:
is a serious violation of community standards. It undermines the bonds between members of the community and defrauds those who may eventually depend upon our knowledge and integrity. Such dishonesty includes:

Cheating:
Using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, study aids, or assistance in any academic exercise.

Fabrication:
Falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.

Facilitating academic dishonesty:
Helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of this code.

Plagiarism:
Representing the words or ideas of another as one's own in any academic exercise, either knowingly or through negligence.

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