PROFITS Information

PROFITS Information

PROFITS Pledge

I pledge that I will not give, receive, or tolerate unauthorized aid, nor will I abuse academic resources while I am a member of this academic community.

Specification of Academic Misconduct

PROFITS upholds behaviors reflective of individual responsibility, mutual trust, professional values, and standards. PROFITS values an academic environment free of academic misconduct or abuse of academic resources. When in doubt, the student must clarify with the instructor, the appropriateness of behaviors that may violate PROFITS. The following are non-acceptable behaviors in NRSG 748-749.

Examinations

Misconduct includes positioning an examination paper so that others can see the answers to the questions and passing or sharing answers to an examination during the examination period, through verbal or nonverbal behaviors. Examination case studies will be distributed the week prior to the scheduled exam. Students are allowed to discuss the cases with other students enrolled in the course. However, after the questions are distributed during the exam period (or in the case of computer on-line exams, when the exam questions are accessed for the first time), students are required to work independently. Working together after that point will constitute misconduct.

Papers

Plagiarizing, the presentation of the words or ideas of another person without proper citation or attribution, is considered academic misconduct, as is submitting a paper that you did not write yourself, and submitting the same paper that has been turned in to fulfill the requirements for another course. Students who consider writing a paper on a topic they have addressed to fulfill the requirements of another course should first talk to the course professor. Students are encouraged to seek editorial feedback regarding writing style, APA style, and clarity of papers from other students, professional colleagues, or staff of the Student Services Department, Student Center. Reference in a paper to information obtained from non-print materials (e.g. videotapes, scholarly presentations, on-line computer sources) must be cited according to APA style. Failure to do so will be considered plagiarism.

General

In completing the course assignments, students are allowed/encouraged to use any resources (supplemental texts, information on the World Wide Web, etc.), other than human, to supplement the required readings and learning activities. Regarding peer review of in-class presentations: misconduct includes indiscriminately awarding points regardless of the quality of the student peer's performance. Abuse of academic resources includes copying academic software from a KUMC computer for use on your personal home computer.

ADA Statement

Any student in this course who has a disability that prevents the fullest expression of abilities should contact the instructor personally as soon as possible so that we can discuss class requirements and accommodations.