Fundamental Standard and Honor Code
Students bear the responsibility for their day-to-day behavior.
Most University policies and procedures relating to students
reflect the Fundamental Standard and the Stanford Honor Code.
Because they govern conduct campus wide and inform the PWR policies, the
material in bold below should appear in your syllabus.
Since 1896, the Fundamental Standard states:
Students at Stanford are expected to show both within
and without the University such respect for order, morality,
personal honor and the rights of others as is demanded of good
citizens. Failure to do this will be sufficient cause for removal
from the University.
The full text of the Honor Code below is from http://www.stanford.edu/dept/vpsa/judicialaffairs/guiding/honorcode.htm.
At a minimum, you should include the following paraphrase in
your syllabus:
Honor Code/Fundamental Standard. Violating the Honor
Code is a serious offense, even when the violation is unintentional.
The Honor Code is included in the Stanford Bulletin, and you
are responsible for understanding the university’s rules
regarding academic integrity. You should familiarize yourself
with the code if you haven’t already done so. In brief,
conduct prohibited by the Honor Code includes all forms of
academic dishonesty, among them copying from another’s
exam, unpermitted collaboration, representing as one’s
own work the work of another, revising and resubmitting work
for regrading without the instructor’s knowledge and
consent, and plagiarism. If you have any questions about these
matters, please see me during office hours.
