The academic community of the University recognizes academic integrity as a fundamental value of the educational and research processes and is committed to adhering to universally accepted norms of ethics and morality, standards in the fields of educational, research, and upbringing activities, respecting the dignity of individuals working and studying at the University, maintaining a system of democratic relations among all members of the university community, contributing to the improvement of the moral and psychological climate within the team, and directing its actions towards strengthening the authority and positive image of the University.
The system for ensuring academic integrity is an integral part of the University’s internal quality assurance system for higher education and includes:
1) measures aimed at familiarizing students with the concept and requirements for completing written assignments;
2) mechanisms for detecting violations of academic integrity by students;
3) procedures for holding participants in the educational process academically accountable.
Participants in the educational process must adhere to generally accepted moral and ethical norms and rules of conduct in their academic activities, as well as:
- independently complete educational tasks, current and final assessments of learning outcomes (for individuals with special educational needs, this requirement is applied considering their individual needs and abilities), except in cases where such tasks involve group work;
- reference sources of information when using ideas, developments, statements, or data;
- comply with copyright and related rights legislation;
- provide accurate information regarding the results of their own educational (research, creative) activities, research methods used, and information sources;
- instructors must monitor students’ adherence to academic integrity;
- instructors must evaluate learning outcomes objectively.
Violations of academic integrity at the University include:
- Academic plagiarism – publishing (in whole or in part) scientific results obtained by others as one’s own research results and/or reproducing published texts of other authors without proper attribution;
- Self-plagiarism – publishing (in whole or in part) one’s own previously published scientific results as new;
- abrication – inventing data or facts used in the educational process or research;
- Falsification – deliberate alteration or modification of existing data related to the educational process or research;
- Cheating – completing written assignments using external sources of information not permitted for use, including during the assessment of learning outcomes;
- Deception – knowingly providing false information about one’s own educational and/or research activities or the organization of the educational process; forms of deception include academic plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and cheating;
- Academic bribery – giving or receiving (or offering to give or receive) money, property, services, benefits, or any other material or immaterial advantages with the intent to gain an unfair advantage in the educational process;
- Unfair assessment – deliberately inflating or deflating students’ grades;
- Academic fraud – forging signatures on official documents (grade sheets, record books, acts, reports, contracts, etc.) or undergoing assessment procedures through proxy individuals.