Gwynedd Mercy University 2025-2026 University Catalog 13
ACADEMIC POLICIES
Academic Integrity
Statement: Academic honesty is fundamental to the quest for truth, which is deeply rooted in our core values at GMercyU. The University highly values academic integrity and expects that each student will conduct their academic life in accordance with this expectation. Violations of this core value are considered serious offenses. Violations may include, but are not limited to, the following: cheating on an assignment, quiz, test, or examination; falsifying data; grade alteration; deception to avoid meeting course requirements; plagiarism in any form; or assisting another student in cheating or plagiarizing, or receiving such aid.
Violations of the Academic Integrity Policy Cheating is any action that uses or provides unauthorized assistance or material during an academic exercise. This may include, but is not limited to:
1. Copying or offering unauthorized assistance on tests, quizzes, examinations, reports, papers, or research.
2. Submission of the same paper or report for more than one course and / or at more than one institution without prior approval of both instructors. 3. Deception to avoid meeting course requirements. 4. Externally posting, through the internet or other electronic sources, any course-related materials developed by faculty, staff, or students.
Fabrication is the falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise. This may include but is not limited to: grade alteration, research papers, assignments, lab reports, clinical assignments, and any other data gathering efforts.
Plagiarism is to present the words or ideas of another person as one’ s own. Any assignment( e. g. written, oral, poster) or computer program( e. g. presentations, power points, webpages) acquired in part or in whole from any source and submitted as one’ s own original work shall be considered plagiarism. Plagiarism also includes, but is not limited to:
1. The quotation or other use of another person’ s words, ideas, logic, opinions, thoughts, or theories without use of quotation marks and acknowledgment of the source;
2. The paraphrasing of another person’ s words, ideas, logic, opinions, thoughts, or theories without acknowledgment of the source;
3. The quotation or other use of facts, statistics, or other data or materials that are not clearly common knowledge without acknowledgment of the source;
4. Copying or purchasing all or any portion of another’ s academic, research, or creative work— even with the creator’ s knowledge and permission— and submitting it, in part or in its entirety, as one’ s own. This includes material available through the Internet or other electronic sources and any material which has been copyrighted. Students are hereby advised that when such material has been copyrighted, its unauthorized use constitutes not only a breach of academic integrity, but also a violation of law that could lead to civil or criminal penalties.
Denying Others Access to Information is any behavior that denies access to scholarly resources or deliberately impedes the process of other students’ success. This may include but is not limited to: