Please announce to your classes that one of the possible consequences of cheating or disruption is REMOVAL or ineligibility as a major in the College of Business.
If a student engages in cheating or class disruption, the following
steps are to be taken:
A. The faculty member discusses the matter with the student(s) involved. In cases of class disruption, the student is usually told to leave the classroom for that particular class meeting. Students involved in serious or continuous disruption are removed from the course. Tell the student(s) that you will be reporting this incident to the Judicial Procedures Office and that the punishment for repeat offenders includes possible suspension or expulsion from SDSU. Tell the student you also will be reporting this to our Associate Dean and that one of the possible consequences is REMOVAL or ineligibility as a major in the College of Business. The Judicial Coordinator will place the first-time offender on disciplinary probation for one year. For a first offense in cases of cheating/plagiarism, the faculty member will normally record a zero or "F" for that paper, project, or exam.B. The faculty member should report the incident* in writing to the Judicial Procedures Office and Andrew Barnett or John Penrose, our Director and Chair of the School of Accountancy and IDS. A copy of the evidence** should be enclosed with the report. If the matter has been concluded informally by the faculty member and student, and no further action is desired, the faculty member should report the matter "for information only" (to either Andrew Barnett or John Penrose and the Judicial Procedures Office), and no evidence need be enclosed. "Information only" reports will be recorded in both the Judicial Procedures Office and either Andrew Barnett's or John Penrose's office.
* At a minimum, the report should contain the student's name, ID9,
the date, location, and description of the incident, statements the
student made in the meeting with the faculty member, the faculty
member's "sanction" regarding a grade (in cheating offenses), and the
faculty member's name, department, and phone number.
** Although physical evidence, such as papers, examinations, etc. are often available, occasionally there is no physical evidence. For example, if the faculty member (or another person) sees a student copying from another's examination, a statement to that effect may be the only evidence.