Academic Integrity Policies and Processes

The Honor Code supports honest exploration and thoughtful contemplation of all ideas in an environment of honesty and trust. As such, students are to refrain from lying, cheating, stealing or violating another’s intellectual property, plagiarism, or facilitation of another’s academic violation. To be clear about what academic behavior is unacceptable, Elon University has identified prohibited conduct and examples that clarify components of the behaviors. Violations of these prohibited conduct policies may result in the lowering of an assignment grade, lowering of a course grade, or assigning a failing grade for the course (including an Academic Integrity F). Multiple or egregious violations of academic integrity policies may result in disciplinary suspension or permanent separation from Elon University.

Elon students who witness an academic violation are expected to report the violation to the faculty member, along with any information to substantiate their charge. The form and instructions for reporting an academic policy violation can be found on the Student Conduct website (https://www.elon.edu/u/student-conduct/resources-for-facstaff/).