Purpose: To provide greater clarity of the core definitions of the Honor System.

A. Cheating: A violation of any standards, conditions, or rules for which a student may receive benefit, credit, or acknowledgment, academic or otherwise. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, performing any of the following acts, or abetting a fellow student in the performance of any of the following acts: using unauthorized materials in the completion of work, copying from a fellow student, plagiarism, multiple submission, false citation, false data submission, or unauthorized acquisition of advance knowledge of the contents of an exam or assignment.

B. Lying: The misrepresentation of one or more facts in order to gain a benefit, harm another person, or where the actor knows or should know that the misrepresentation will be relied upon by another person.

C. Stealing: The taking, keeping, or appropriation of the property of another without the owner's permission or approval. Stealing also includes the planning of or participation in the taking, keeping, or appropriation of the property of another without the owner's permission or approval.

D. Act: Any specific event.

E. Dishonest Intent: A person acts with dishonest intent when, at the time of the act, he or she knew, or should have known, that the act was or could have been considered lying, cheating, or stealing. Ignorance of the scope of the Honor System shall not be considered a defense.

F. Triviality Seriousness: An act is considered to be serious if open tolerance thereof would be inconsistent with the community of trust. (language modified by student referendum, March 1, 2006)

G. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: This standard is met when no hypothesis exists that is at the same time: reasonable, consistent with the evidence, and does not itself satisfy the criteria of an Honor Offense.