Academic integrity is constituted by the five core
fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.
(see http://www.academicintegrity.org/fundamental_values_project/index.php). These values are central to the building,
nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the
community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic
integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of
ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the
Senate Report
on Principles and Priorities)
Students are responsible
for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity
and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic
integrity. Information on academic
integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic
Regulation 1), on the Arts and Science website (see http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academics/academic-integrity),
and from the instructor of this course.
Departures from academic
integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation,
forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an
academic community at Queen's. Given
the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on
academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of
grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw
from the university.