Academic integrity for faculty

1. Instructor investigates, discovers, observes, or learns of a possible academic integrity violation.
2. Communicate to the student the assignment and description of the alleged violation.
   1. Acceptable correspondence with students can be done using e-mail, in-person, on the phone, Zoom or other similar platforms. For multiple identical violations, one email may be sent, and placing the relevant students in the BCC line.
   2. In/during this communication you should also inform the student that withdrawing from the class will not absolve them of responsibility for this alleged violation.
   3. Instructors should provide a student response deadline and make a good faith effort to consider any feedback submitted by the student.
3. If after getting student feedback, or your response deadline lapses, you decide that no violation occurred, you can stop here, and no reporting is required.
4. If after getting student feedback you decide that there is a violation you must report the issue to the Academic Integrity Office.
5. Submit your syllabus, a copy of the assignment, other evidence, and a detailed description of the allegation to the Academic Integrity Office using the reporting portal found on the academic integrity homepage. Report all violations as soon as your communications with the student(s) is/are complete.
6. The Academic Integrity Office will process the case according to FSE and University policy/procedures. *
7. Note: the “typical” 1st offense violation is a zero on the assignment/exam in question and mandatory participation in the FSE Academic Integrity Remediation Course.
8. The AIO may modify sanctions so that they are within the FSE sanctioning guidelines. The AIO will elevate the sanction, if the reported student has a previous record of an academic integrity violation. For unique and/or especially egregious cases the instructor and AIO will discuss an appropriate sanction.
9. During this process, instructors may need to communicate with the Academic Integrity Officer and/or participate in a student requested appeal hearing.
10. While the violation is being processed, the student should be allowed to participate normally in the class.
11. Once the case is complete the Academic Integrity Office will communicate the outcome and notify the instructor to apply the sanction or, if appropriate, the Academic Integrity Office will apply the sanction.
12. If semester grades are due before a violation is fully processed, submit an incomplete for the student’s grade and notify the student of the incomplete and why it is being submitted. Once the violation is complete, the AIO will contact the instructor to calculate and submit the grade with the sanction applied.
13. Violation closed

*Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering academic integrity procedures for students and the ASU university student academic integrity policy.