INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE HONOR CODE
As a student of the pre-IB or IB program of
Cardinal Newman High School, you are expected to maintain the highest standards
of academic integrity. All PreIB and IB students are required to exhibit
behavior consistent with the school/district code of conduct. Violations
will be processed through the IB Honor Code Committee. Severe violations
may lead to exit from the program.
The members of the IB faculty are opposed to
malpractice (cheating) for several reasons:
- Students who are mature enough to select a difficult
and valuable program
must also be mature enough to face a low grade when they’ve earned
it.
- Malpractice allows a student to receive the same or
better grade than students
who have put in the time and effort to master the material.
- Dishonestly inflated grades ultimately and unfairly
raise the cheater’s grade point and class rank,
simultaneously lowering the rank of students who study.
- Not only does malpractice misrepresent a student’s
mastery of the subject to parents, employers, and colleges, it also
distorts the teacher’s perception of curriculum effectiveness
and class progress.
- The threat of malpractice forces the teacher to patrol
and sleuth; these are activities that reduce the amount of time he or
she has available for productive teaching and course improvement.
- The adherents of almost all religions and philosophies
believe malpractice to be morally wrong.
So that the expectations of the IB faculty
are clear, we have compiled a list of behaviors we unanimously agree are
forms of malpractice.
- Looking on someone else’s paper during a test
or quiz.
- Plagiarizing another’s words or ideas (including
data downloaded from the interNET) in a report or research paper, or
Extended Essay.
- Telling someone who has not taken a test or quiz what
the questions or problems are.
- Asking someone who has taken a test or quiz what the
questions or problems are.
- Conferring with other students or with adults on a
take-home exam when the teacher has asked that all work be your own.
- Writing notes in a convenient place and referring
to them during a test or
quiz.
- Sliding your paper into the viewing range of another
student during a test or
quiz.
- Working out signals and using them to help someone
on a test or quiz.
- Looking at the paper of a student who is still working
on a test when you
come into the room from another class; checking out the teacher’s
desk to
see what might be helpful.
- Misrepresenting the submission of information (events,
hours, or other data)
regarding the CAS component of the program.
- The copying of any independently designed assignments.
International Baccalaureate policy statements
on malpractice are as follows:
- Where malpractice is proven, a grade of “N”
is awarded and no further registration
by the candidate is allowed.
- If malpractice, collusion or plagiarism is suspected
in external or internally
assessed components of the examination, IBCA must be contacted immediately.
- Both IB and WPHS will treat malpractice as a serious
matter. In addition to receiving disciplinary action, an IB student
who is found guilty of malpractice will be a candidate for exit from
IB. If a student has been found guilty of malpractice, he or she will
not be recommended for National Honor Society or any of the other honor
societies; if the student is already a member, the sponsor of the organization
and the principal will be notified.
Whether you are specifically asked to sign
the honor pledge for each IB assignment or not, it will be understood that
as an IB student you will always be able to sign the following:
On my honor, I promise that I have neither
given nor received help on this
assignment/examination, nor will I pass on information to others.
I have read, understand, and agree to the terms
of the IB Honor Code.
Signature Date
Parent’s signature Date
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