“Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.

Academic integrity includes a commitment by all members of the University community not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.”

—From Penn State's University Faculty Senate Policy 49-20

Academic Integrity Resources at Penn State

• Academic Administrative Policies and Procedures G-9
  
• Academic Integrity at Penn State: A Statement by the Council of Academic Deans
  
• Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, and Copyright (iStudy for Success module)
• University Faculty Senate Policy 49-20 (full policy)
  
• University Undergraduate Advising Handbook

“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”  ~ Samuel Johnson


Academic Integrity Policies and Statements from Penn State's Colleges

Abington College Agricultural Sciences Altoona College Arts and Architecture Behrend College Berks College Business Capital College Communications

Earth and Mineral Sciences Education Engineering Health and Human Development Information Sciences and Technology Liberal Arts Science University College

“I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.”  ~ Thomas Jefferson


Academic Integrity Resources at Other Institutions

• Academic Integrity at Princeton  (Princeton University)
  
• Center for Academic Integrity  (Clemson University)
  
• Code of Academic Integrity  (Cornell University)
  
• Honor Advisory Council  (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  
• The Honor Committee  (University of Virginia)
  
• Honor System  (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  
• K-State Honor and Integrity System  (Kansas State University)
• Practical Advice to Students  (University of Melbourne)
  

“Honesty is the best policy.”  ~ Cervantes