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7 The Washington Center • Code of Conduct Spring 2025 II. Academic Misconduct The academic honesty policy was established to ensure that the learning environment of The Washington Center is honest and fair. Any violation of honesty or integrity in academic work is a serious matter of misconduct. The Washington Center reserves the right to impose penalties and sanctions for any incident of academic misconduct, up to and including failure for the assignment, part or all of the program and/or expulsion from the program. Absenteeism: The chronic failure of a participant to attend their academic course, internship, or required career readiness/professional programming, regardless of the excused or unexcused nature of the absence. Chronic absenteeism may also be disruptive to the learning experience of other students in the class. Participants who miss two regularly scheduled class meetings of the evening course will receive an official academic warning. Students who miss more than two regularly scheduled class meetings of the evening course will be administratively withdrawn from the course and their home institution will be notified of the withdrawal. Disruptive Behavior: Any behavior, whether active or passive, that interferes with the environment of teaching and learning or tone of professionalism as established by the instructor, internship supervisor, program manager, or other official of The Washington Center. Disruptive behavior may include inappropriate dress, harassment, chronic lateness, refusal of directives of any TWC official, or violation of internship site policies. Academic dishonesty: Any behavior that knowingly attempts to undermine or deceive an instructor and violating the learning environment which includes: • Cheating: intentional use or attempted use of trickery or deception in one's academic work • Plagiarism: knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one's own work, including the use of AI- generative tools • Falsification: the improper alteration or misrepresentation of any source, record, document or evaluation submitted to an identified TWC Official or platform. This includes knowingly providing false or incomplete information to a TWC official in response to an authorized request • Complicity: the act of intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another commit an act of academic dishonesty Artificial intelligence (AI): In acknowledgment that AI is impacting both higher education and workforce skill development, the appropriate and ethical use of generative AI tools may be part of TWC participants' academic coursework and/or workplace skill development. Therefore, the clear expectations of the use of generative AI tools should be outlined in the course syllabus. If the use of generative AI is permitted, participants must use generative AI tools responsibly, acknowledging their contributions and never claiming AI-generated work as their own. If a participant is unsure of any assignment – including whether a tool is considered AI – please consult the course instructor or program manager before using the technology or completing the assignment.

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