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Code of Ethics
Moscow University Touro, as an academic community, has established guidelines which foster the environment and atmosphere necessary to best achieve its stated purpose and protect its academic integrity. The basic purpose of rules, regulations and related enforcement procedures must be to support and maintain an environment in which learning, growing and maturing can take place. The University establishes academic standards and reasonable standards of student conduct in order to safeguard the education process and to provide for the safety of students, staff and the protection of university property.
Standards of Academic Integrity
Students and staff of Moscow University Touro are required to abide by the highest standards of personal and professional integrity, academic honesty, ethical conduct and excellence in study, in the preparation for and taking of examinations, and in the presentation of research reports, term papers and articles for publication. The University's Standards of Academic Integrity include, but are not limited to, ethical behavior as set forth below.
Ethical Conduct and Examinations
- The possession or use of any material or device (written, audio, electronic or other form) in or during the taking of an examination is strictly prohibited unless authorized by the course instructor.
- No student shall give or receive assistance in the preparation of any assignment or in the taking of any examination without the authorization of the course instructor.
- No student shall copy or in any other way use the exam work of another student in taking an exam.
Students who fail to abide by sections A-C above will automatically receive the grade of F for the course. Permanent records of all violations are kept in the student’s file. Students who violate these standards two times will be subject to further discipline which will include probation or suspension from the university as determined appropriate by the Rector, Vice-Rector, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and the Dean of Students. Three accumulated violations will result in automatic dismissal from the university.
Plagiarism and Other Irregularities
Theses, essays, term papers and other academic project requirements must be the original work of the student who is submitting them. The presentation of ideas, materials and quotations of others without acknowledging the sources is strictly prohibited. The Chicago Style Manual is to be used to source properly all research papers.
- Stealing, falsifying or otherwise altering documents or records containing grades, examinations materials or other university information is forbidden.
- Students who fail to abide by the standards set forth under sections A-B above are subject to disciplinary actions as deemed appropriate by the Rector, Vice-Rector, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and the Dean of Students, and will include the grade of F for the course or dismissal from the university.
Each student upon registering at the university receives and signs a pledge that he/she will uphold the University's Student Code of Ethics. For the system to be effective, all students and instructors are expected to cooperate in its implementation. Any member of the University community who has reason to believe that an ethics violation has taken place should immediately report the circumstances to the Dean of Students, and the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. Upon receipt of an alleged violation, the university will notify the student by letter that he or she is the subject of an ethics investigation.