Should I report violations of Penns Code of Academic Integrity to the Office of Student Conduct?
Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations: There are three main reasons why I believe faculty members should report academic violations to the Office of Student Conduct. First, from a practical point of view, we are not always in a good position to determine whether a student cheated and rarely know anything about the student’s background or possible mitigating circumstances. Especially if the case requires some investigation, we are simply too busy to be able to assess the matter thoroughly and fairly. Second, I have learned, painfully, that cases of cheating are usually not isolated. If a student cheats on one assignment, the chances are good that he or she has cheated, or will cheat, on another. By the same token, if one person is cheating in a class, there is good reason to believe that someone else is cheating too. Faculty members do not have the perspective necessary to appreciate the ramifications of a single case of cheating. Only a central office monitoring all such
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