Wash. Admin. Code § 132Q-10-210 - [Effective 4/5/2025] Academic dishonesty and other ethical violations

(1) Acts of academic dishonesty include the following:

(a) Cheating which includes:

(i) Use of unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations.

(ii) Acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the college faculty or staff.

(iii) Fabrication, which is the intentional invention or counterfeiting of information in the course of an academic activity. Fabrication includes:

* Counterfeiting data, research results, information, or procedures with inadequate foundation in fact;

* Counterfeiting a record of internship or practicum experiences;

* Submitting a false excuse for absence or tardiness;

* Unauthorized multiple submission of the same work; sabotage of others' work.

(iv) Engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by a faculty member in the course syllabus or class discussion.

(v) Plagiarism which includes the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.

(vi) Facilitation of dishonesty, including not challenging academic dishonesty.

(b) Knowingly furnishing false information to any college official, faculty member, or office including submission of fraudulent transcripts from other institutions.

(c) Forgery, alteration or misuse of any college document, record or instrument of identification.

(d) Tampering with an election conducted by or for Spokane Colleges college students.

(2) Other ethical violations include the following: The breach of any generally recognized and published code of ethics or standards of professional practice that governs the conduct of a particular profession for which the student is taking a course or is pursuing as an educational goal.

Notes

Wash. Admin. Code § 132Q-10-210

Adopted by WSR 15-15-161, Filed 7/21/2015, effective 8/21/2015 Amended by WSR 22-12-002, Filed 5/19/2022, effective 6/19/2022 Amended by WSR 25-06-085, Filed 3/5/2025, effective 4/5/2025