• 1.00 PROTECTION OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADES
•  The principles of truth and honesty are fundamental to the educational process and the academic  integrity of the University; therefore, no student shall:
• 1.01 claim or submit the academic work of another as one’s own.
• 1.02 procure, provide, accept or use any materials containing questions or answers to any examination or assignment without proper authorization.
• 1.03 complete or attempt to complete any assignment or examination for another individual without proper authorization.
• 1.04 allow any examination or assignment to be completed for oneself, in part or in total, by another without proper authorization.
• 1.05 alter, tamper with, appropriate, destroy or otherwise interfere with the research, resources, or other academic work of another person.
• 1.06 fabricate or falsify data or results.

• 17.00 EXAMINATIONS 
• 17.01 Unauthorized attainment of
• 17.02 Unauthorized transfer of
• 17.03 Prima facie evidence 
• .01 No person shall procure in any unauthorized manner any examination question or answer related to any course of study offered at Michigan State University, regardless of the form or format in which such question or answer may originally have been maintained. 
• .02 No person shall furnish to any unauthorized person any examination question or answer related to any course of study offered at Michigan State University, regardless of the form or format in which such question or answer may originally have been maintained. 
• .03 The unauthorized possession of any of the aforesaid examination documents shall be considered prima facie evidence of an attempt to violate the provisions of this section. 

The following statement of University policy was approved by the Academic Council and the Academic Senate, and serves as the definitive statement of principle and procedure to be used in instances of academic dishonesty.

1. The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community of teachers and scholars.  The University expects that both faculty and students will honor these principles and in so doing protect the validity of University grades.  This means that all academic work will be done by the student to whom it is assigned, without unauthorized aid of any kind.  (See General Student Regulation 1.00, Scholarship and Grades, for specific regulations.)  Instructors, for their part, will exercise care in the planning and supervision of academic work, so that honest effort will be positively encouraged.
2. If any instance of academic dishonesty is discovered by an instructor, it is his or her responsibility to take appropriate action.  Depending on his or her judgment of the particular case, he or she may give a failing grade to the student on the assignment or for the course.
3. In instances where a failing grade in a course is given only for academic dishonesty, the instructor will notify the student’s academic dean in writing of the circumstances.
4. The student who receives a failing grade based on a charge of academic dishonesty may appeal a judgment made by a department, school, or a college.  Refer to Academic Freedom for Students at Michigan State University.
5. When in the judgment of the academic dean, action other than, or in addition to, a failing grade is warranted, the dean will refer the case to the college-level hearing board, which shall have original jurisdiction.  In cases of ambiguous jurisdiction, the appropriate judiciary will be randomly selected by the Assistant Provost from one of the three core colleges.  Appeals from the judgment may be made to the All-University Academic Integrity Review Board.  Refer to Academic Freedom for Students at Michigan State University.
6. In instances of academic dishonesty where the instructor feels that action other than, or in addition to, a failing grade in the course is warranted, the instructor will report the case to his or her departmental or school chairperson and to the student’s academic dean.  The dean will then refer the case to the college-level hearing board, which shall have original jurisdiction. Refer to Academic Freedom for Students at Michigan State University.

(See also: Graduate Student Rights and Responsibilities, Article 5 or  Medical Student Rights and  Responsibilities, Article 5.)

ACADEMIC FREEDOM FOR STUDENTS AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (AFR)

2.4.9 A student who receives a penalty grade based upon a charge of academic dishonesty, even if not referred for disciplinary action, may seek a hearing according to the procedures in this Article.  In such a hearing, the burden of proof shall rest upon the instructor whose prior assignment of the penalty grade will constitute a charge of academic dishonesty.  The hearing board shall proceed in compliance with applicable academic legislation on the integrity of scholarship, grades, and professional standards, and the procedural and appeal provisions of this document shall apply.