Honor Code

The Honor Code: I will not lie, cheat, steal, or plagiarize nor tolerate those who do.

Personal honor is held in high esteem at Fuqua School, and students who are trusted, in turn, act to protect that honor. Inherent in the Honor Code is trust that each student will behave in an honorable manner and will reject dishonorable behavior in others, both on and off the school campus.

All students are expected to uphold the Honor Code themselves and to encourage classmates to do the same. Witnesses to honor violations are expected to respond in one of several ways:

approach the person committing the violation and ask him/her to report himself/herself,

notify the teacher, or

talk with a school administrator.

Students who willfully protect a classmate guilty of an honor infraction may be subject to consequences based on their obligation to uphold the Honor Code.

In the Middle and Upper Schools, all graded papers should include the signed pledge: I have neither given nor received aid, nor am I aware of any infraction of the honor code. Students are to assume that all work is to be their own.

Behaviors that violate the Honor Code include:

Lying: attempting to mislead or misrepresent information; intending to deceive
Cheating: copying, plagiarizing (using someone else’s ideas or words without proper acknowledgment), using unapproved study aids, collaborating without permission
Stealing: taking something belonging to someone else, borrowing without authorization
Plagiarizing: using and passing off as one's own ideas and/or writings of another.

Last modified 09-05-2008 01:15 PM

Honor Code

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