The Point Loma Nazarene University community holds the highest standards of honesty and integrity in all aspects of university life. Academic honesty and integrity are strong values among faculty/staff and students alike. Any violation of the University's commitment is a serious affront to the very nature of PLNU's mission and purpose. Academic dishonesty is the act of presenting information, ideas and/or concepts as one's own when in reality they are the results of another person's creativity and effort. Such acts include plagiarism, copying of class assignments, and copying or other fraudulent behavior on examinations. A faculty member who believes a situation involving academic dishonesty has been detected may assign a failing grade for that particular assignment or examination, and/or the course. The faculty member shall file with the appropriate dean and the department chair a written report of the incident and the action taken. After the examination of the event, the university official shall submit a report to the Provost and the Vice President for Student Development. If either of these administrators believes other disciplinary action should be taken, consultation between the faculty member and the administrators will determine the resulting discipline. The student(s) involved in the academic dishonesty may appeal the action by talking first to the school dean or department chair, then, if necessary, to the college dean, and finally, to a committee of the following: A college of the student's choice, the Vice Provost for Academic Administration, the Provost, and the Vice President for Student Development. The appeal decision reached by this committee is final.
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