AI Use
Cheating or not cheating: You allowed ChatGPT to summarize an article for your project. The AI generated fake citations ("hallucinations"), which you copied into your reference section without double-checking.
Cheating!
You are fully accountable for every source cited on your work. Including non-existent sources constitutes plagiarism.
You sign your friends name on the attendance sheet even though they are not present in class.
Violation!
Falsifying an attendance sheet is considered an academic violation.What is the honor pledge?
"I pledge my honor that I have abided by the Stevens Honor System."
True or false: If I see someone committing an academic violation, I am required to submit a report to the Honor Board.
True!
Stevens students are required to submit all possible Honor System violations that they witness.
Cheating or not cheating: You use ChatGPT to brainstorm and generate a list of essay topic ideas for a HASS paper, but write every single word of the draft yourself.
Not cheating!
Unless an instructor explicitly bans AI for all phases of an assignment, using AI for initial brainstorming or organizing ideas is generally permitted.
You submit an assignment without the signed pledge when the professor did not clarify if it is required.
No violation!
Unless the professor explicitly states the pledge is required on an exam or assignment, it is not mandatory.
Unlike many universities where administration handles academic integrity, the Stevens Honor System has been entirely managed, investigated, and adjudicated by whom since 1908?
Students.
The Honor Board is an entirely student run organization.
True or false: Honor Board members are assigned to monitor classrooms and report cheating students.
False!
It is not a responsibility for Honor Board members to actively search for students cheating.
Cheating or not cheating: You paste your completed lab report into Claude or Grammarly to fix punctuation and smooth out awkward phrasing before submitting.
Not cheating!
Basic mechanical editing and grammar checking are generally not considered a violation, provided the tool does not generate or alter the substantive content of your work.
I let my friend look at my paper during an exam, but all my answers are completely my own.
Letting someone cheat off you constitutes giving unauthorized aid.
To protect student privacy, Honor Board members are bound by strict rules preventing them from sharing case details, where leaking information results in an internal violation known as a breach of what?
Confidentiality.
All case information is strictly confidential and can only be shared between the board and its advisors.
True or false: If I report someone to the Honor Board, they will know it was me who reported it.
False!
All information regarding Honor Board cases is strictly confidential.
True or false: If an online AI-detection tool flags a student's paper as mostly AI-generated, the Honor Board automatically finds the student responsible without further investigation.
False!
Honor Board investigations require clear and convincing evidence, generally combining more context than AI detection scores alone.
Your professor catches you with your phone in your pocket during an exam. You did not use it during the exam, but you were reported anyway.
Violation!
Even if you did not use your phone to cheat, having your phone on your person during an exam can be considered a violation of exam room conditions.
What happens when an accused student maintains their innocence despite the Honor Board having clear and convincing evidence of a violation?
The case goes to a hearing.
A hearing is a formal proceeding where the Honor Board reviews gathered evidence and testimony to determine whether an accused student is responsible for an alleged Honor System violation.
True or false: If I see a classmate cheating, I should take a video of them in the act and report them to the Honor Board.
False!
The Honor Board does not encourage or accept photos or videos taken of students as evidence. If you see someone cheat in your class, you should inform your professor or TA.
Cheating or not cheating: The course syllabus doesn't explicitly mention AI. You use AI to generate data for a lab exercise, assuming that "if it isn't explicitly banned, it's allowed."
Cheating!
The burden is on the student to confirm what assistance is permitted. This constitutes unauthorized material use under the Honor Code.
You turn in a paper for your HASS 105 class that you had successfully submitted for a different class last semester, without telling either professor.
Violation!
Self-plagiarism is explicitly defined as copying or representing one's previous work without proper citation or authorization.
When a member on the Honor Board has a friend who was accused of a violation, what must that member do?
Step out of the room and avoid discussion.
Members who have a personal connection to an accused student are required to leave the room and uninvolve themselves from the case entirely to avoid bias.
True or false: A student can file an Honor System report against a professor.
True!
Should a student feel that an Instructor has participated in “Excessive Proctoring”
(meaning they have violated the scope of their power as outlined within the Honor Code Handbook) they can submit a report to the Honor Board.