Academic Integrity Policy
Faculty and students at the MGH Institute of Health Professions are
expected to abide by the criteria defining academic integrity. The
intent is to preserve freedom of expression and association as one means
of maintaining high ethical standards related to academic life. Persons
not complying with this Statement shall be subject to the MGH
Institute's disciplinary actions and procedures.
Note: Students
are required to attest to the fact that they have read and understand
the policy statement below before beginning any classes at the
Institute. This is done through the student's IONLINE account.
Statement on Academic Integrity
The MGH Institute expects all faculty and students to adhere strictly to
standards of academic integrity. These are expressed through practices
of intellectual honesty. In order to promote the integrity of the
professions, the Institute embraces three broad principles: (1) Each
faculty member and student should benefit by being able to count on the
honesty of another; (2) Each faculty member and student is to be held
personally accountable for being intellectually honest; (3) Each faculty
member and student is to be held accountable for reporting observed
violations of intellectual honesty. Any forms of cheating, plagiarism,
distortion of materials related to a person's performance or collusion
in another's dishonesty constitutes a fundamental violation of
intellectual honesty, and therefore is unacceptable.
Cheating is the attempt by a person to alter his or her performance by
the use or attempted used of unauthorized aides in any material
submitted for evaluation. This includes but is not limited to copying
from another's work; the use of purchased essays, term papers, or
preparatory research for such papers; submission of the same written
work in more than one course without prior written approval from the
instructor(s) involved; misleading reasons given for requests for either
extensions on papers or make-up examinations, theft of an exam prior to
examination.
Plagiarism is the deliberate act of taking works, ideas, data,
illustrative material, or statements of someone else, without full and
proper acknowledgement, and presenting them as one's own. It also
includes ignoring proper forms for quoting, summarizing and
paraphrasing.
Distortion of material includes forgery; alteration or knowing misuse of
Institute documents including research data, graded examinations, other
evaluation materials, grade lists, transcripts, letters of
recommendation and instruments of identification; and destruction of
evaluation materials after submission for the purpose of covering up
possible poor performance.
Collusion is assisting or attempting to assist another in an act of intellectual dishonesty.
Academic integrity is a very important matter. If you have any questions
about what is acceptable or not acceptable conduct, it is the
responsibility of the reader to discuss the matter immediately with the
appropriate instructor or supervisor.Faculty and students at the MGH Institute of Health Professions are expected to abide by the criteria defining academic integrity. The intent is to preserve freedom of expression and association as one means of maintaining high ethical standards related to academic life. Persons not complying with this Statement shall be subject to the MGH Institute's disciplinary actions and procedures.
Statement on Academic Integrity
The MGH Institute expects all faculty and students to adhere strictly to standards of academic integrity. These are expressed through practices of intellectual honesty. In order to promote the integrity of the professions, the Institute embraces three broad principles: (1) Each faculty member and student should benefit by being able to count on the honesty of another; (2) Each faculty member and student is to be held personally accountable for being intellectually honest; (3) Each faculty member and student is to be held accountable for reporting observed violations of intellectual honesty. Any forms of cheating, plagiarism, distortion of materials related to a person's performance or collusion in another's dishonesty constitutes a fundamental violation of intellectual honesty, and therefore is unacceptable.
Cheating is the attempt by a person to alter his or her performance by the use or attempted used of unauthorized aides in any material submitted for evaluation. This includes but is not limited to copying from another's work; the use of purchased essays, term papers, or preparatory research for such papers; submission of the same written work in more than one course without prior written approval from the instructor(s) involved; misleading reasons given for requests for either extensions on papers or make-up examinations, theft of an exam prior to examination.
Plagiarism is the deliberate act of taking works, ideas, data, illustrative material, or statements of someone else, without full and proper acknowledgement, and presenting them as one's own. It also includes ignoring proper forms for quoting, summarizing and paraphrasing.
Distortion of material includes forgery; alteration or knowing misuse of Institute documents including research data, graded examinations, other evaluation materials, grade lists, transcripts, letters of recommendation and instruments of identification; and destruction of evaluation materials after submission for the purpose of covering up possible poor performance.
Collusion is assisting or attempting to assist another in an act of intellectual dishonesty.
Academic integrity is a very important matter. If you have any questions about what is acceptable or not acceptable conduct, it is the responsibility of the reader to discuss the matter immediately with the appropriate instructor or supervisor.