# BACKGROUND

Northern College (Northern) upholds a learning community that values academic integrity, honesty, fairness, trust, respect, responsibility and courage. These values enhance and reflect Northern's commitment to students by delivering high quality education and teaching excellence, while supporting a

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SUBJECT

## BACKGROUND

Northern  College  (Northern)  upholds  a  learning  community  that  values  academic  integrity, honesty, fairness, trust, respect, responsibility and courage. These values enhance and reflect Northern's commitment to students by delivering high quality education and teaching excellence, while supporting a positive learning environment. This policy recognizes the responsibility of Northern's  administration,  faculty,  staff  and  students  to  ensure  high  standards  of  academic conduct.

## POLICY

Northern will  maintain  a  high  standard  of  academic  integrity  across  our  learning  community which provides a foundation for research, teaching, learning and working practices. Academic integrity practiced at our college translates into personal integrity in the workplace.

## SCOPE

This policy applies to applicants to Northern and to students enrolled, or formerly enrolled in Northern courses. Academic integrity complaints may also be filed against Northern students for matters which arise at clinical and placement settings.

## DEFINITIONS

1. Academic Integrity: Within academic, clinical and placement settings, an individual must be committed, 'even in the face of adversity, to six fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage. From these values flow principles of behavior that  enable  academic  communities  to  translate  ideals  into  action"  (ICAI,  Fundamental Values Project, 1999)
2. Academic Integrity Offence: Any action that willfully or negligently erodes the academic integrity of an individual, program and/or institution. Examples include but are not limited to the following:
- a. Cheating: Obtaining, attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain, credit for work or improvement in evaluation of performance through dishonest or deceptive means. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
- sharing of material such as textbooks during an 'open book' examination;
- hiding information relevant to the examination in such a way that they may be reviewed during the exam;
- using an aid(s) not permitted by an instructor;

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