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2008/09 - Cases

Fall 2008

Winter 2009

Intersession/Summer 2009

FALL 2008
 

Academic Misconduct Cases Result
 
1. Unauthorized collaboration and plagiarism Letter of Censure (11 mos.)
2. Unauthorized collaboration and plagiarism Letter of Censure (11 mos.)
3. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (6 mos.)
4. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (6 mos.)
5. Unauthorized collaboration and plagiarism in a take-home midterm exam Letter of Censure (until graduation from University of Windsor)
6. Unauthorized collaboration and plagiarism in a take-home midterm exam Letter of Censure (until graduation from University of Windsor)
7. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (8 mos.)
8. Unauthorized collaboration in a take-home exam Letter of Censure (until graduation from University of Windsor)
9. Plagiarism in a take-home exam Letter of Censure (1 year)
10. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
11. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (18 mos.)
12. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (8 mos.)
13. Plagiarism in a take-home exam Insufficient evidence
14. Violating examination rules by attempting to communicate with another student Letter of Censure (6 mos.)
15. Violating examination rules by attempting to communicate with another student Letter of Censure (6 mos.)
16-33: Eighteen cases of unauthorized
collaboration and/or party to plagiarism
in a take-home midterm exam in
graduate studies course
  Suspension (1 semester)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement:
#16  #17  #18  #19  #20  #21  #22  #23
#24  #25  #26  #27  #28  #29  #30  #31
#32  #33

34. Cheating during a mid-term exam Suspension (18 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
35. Multiple offences relating to copyright infringement Suspension (3 years)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement - pg1 pg2

36. Extensive plagiarism
Suspension (1 year)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement - pg1  pg2

37. Furnishing false information to the university: fraudulent TOEFL score. Admission revoked
38. Engaging another student to write a mid-term exam Insufficient Evidence
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
39. Multiple: theft, fraud and exam tampering and resubmitting for the purpose of obtaining a grade increase Suspension (3 years)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
40. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (5 mos.)
41. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
42. Multiple offences relating to a mid-term exam:
(1) Violation of examination rules
(2) Cheating
(3) Furnishing false information
Suspension (2 years)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
 
Non-academic Misconduct Cases Result
 
1. Assaulting Campus Community Police Officer and resisting arrest Letter of Censure (2 years) and
rehabilitative sanctions

 WINTER 2009
 

 

Academic Misconduct Cases Result
 
1. Multiple: (1) Forging signatures on a course add/drop form; (2) submitting forged document to the University to gain entry into courses; (3) breaching procedures for course changes. Suspension (9 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

2. Cheating during a mid-term examination Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

3. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (2 years)
4. Plagiarism in Master's Thesis Suspension (18 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

5. Extensive plagiarism of a PPT presentation in Master's program Suspension (1 year)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
6. Multiple relating to the submission of an Honours Thesis:
(1) Falsification of data
(2) Forgery of signature on consent form
(3) Submitting Honours Thesis containing false data and false statements
(4) Furnishing false information to the university
Suspension (32 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))
Multiple educational sanctions

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

7. Submitting a forged medical note and furnishing false information in support of a request to write a late examination Suspension (1 year)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Agreed Statement of Facts pg1  pg2  pg3

8. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (19 mos.)
9. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
10. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
11. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (9 mos.)
12. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (6 mos.)
13. <error> <error>
14. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (4 mos.)
15. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
16. Plagiarism in research essay Suspension (8 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

17. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
18. Plagiarism in a take-home examination Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement

19. Two counts of transcript fraud and forgery Suspension (3 years)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

20. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (9 mos.)
21. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (3 mos.)
22. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (3 mos.)
23. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
24. Plagiarism in research essay Suspension (8 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

25. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (6 mos.)
26. Multiple: furnishing false information to the University; bringing unauthorized aid into examination room; causing a disturbance; violating Senate Policy E3; refusing to cease writing when exam period expired; cheating; failing to comply with staff directions; harassment of staff Complaint stayed. Permanent indefinite exclusion from campus; ineligible to return.
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3  pg4

27. Plagiarism in two assignments Hold on eligibility to graduate until October 2009.
28. <error> <error>
29. Cheating during a mid-term exam Insufficient evidence
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
30. Plagiarism in take-home exam Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

31. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (4 mos.)
32. Plagiarism in an assignment Letter of Admonition (6 mos.)
33. Multiple: Forgery, alteration or use of University documents, records, or instruments of identification with intent to defraud relating to providing false University credentials to prospective employers (2 counts) Expulsion.
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
34. Plagiarism in video documentary Verbal Admonition
35. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
36. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (9 mos.)
37. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
38. Plagiarism in a mid-term take-home examination Letter of Censure (1 year)
39. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (6 mos.)
40. Plagiarism in a take-home examination Letter of Censure (6 mos.)
41. Forging a professor's signature on a course add/drop form Suspension (16 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
42. Cheating and party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (13 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
 
Non-academic Misconduct Cases Result
 
1. Possession and use of narcotics in residence Letter of Censure (2 years)
2. Assaulting another student Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
3. Assault Stayed until when and if student returns
4. Theft from University Bookstore Letter of Censure (2 years)


INTERSESSION/SUMMER 2009
 

Academic Misconduct Cases Result
 
1. Unauthorized collaboration and party to plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
2. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
3. Cheating on a mid-term examination Insufficient evidence
4. Cheating on a mid-term examination Insufficient evidence
5. Cheating on a mid-term examination Insufficient evidence
6. Cheating on a mid-term examination Insufficient evidence
7. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
8. Engaging another student to impersonate self at final exam Suspension (13 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
9. Plagiarism in major paper Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL
(settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

10. Unauthorized collaboration Verbal Admonition
11. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
12. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (2 mos.)
13. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
14. Plagiarism & unauthorized collaboration Letter of Admonition (1 year)
15. Plagiarism in final essay Letter of Censure (1 year)
16. Plagiarism in final take-home exam Suspension (4 months)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement

17. Plagiarism in multiple assignments Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement

18. Breach of ethics and breach of trust regarding use of agency cell phone in placement. Suspension (1 year)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))
* also see Disciplinary Decisions 2008/09, No. 7

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

19. Plagiarism in lab reports Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

20. Forging a professor's signature on a course Add/Drop form Suspension (16 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
21. Plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration Letter of Censure (18 mos.)
22. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
23. Plagiarism in final paper Suspension (11.5 months)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

24. Inappropriate sexual touching of another person Suspension (2 months)
25. Plagiarism Community service hours
26. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (1 year)
27. Plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration Letter of Admonition (1 year)
28. Plagiarism in lab reports Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

29. Plagiarism in an assignment Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

30. Plagiarism Verbal Admonition
31. Plagiarism Verbal Admonition
32. Plagiarism in final essay Letter of Censure (1 year)
33. Unauthorized collaboration and/or party to plagiarism Insufficient evidence
34. Cheating and/or party to cheating in a mid-term exam Letter of Censure (1 year)
Multiple educational sanctions
35. Multiple plagiarism Letter of Censure (1 year)
36. Plagiarism in a final take-home exam Letter of Censure (4 mos.)
37. Plagiarism in final essay Letter of Censure (1 year)
38. Plagiarism in final take-home exam and essay Letter of Admonition (1 year)
39. Plagiarism in essay Letter of Admonition (1 year)
40. Unauthorized collaboration Letter of Admonition (1 year)
41. Unauthorized collaboration Letter of Admonition (9 mos.)
42. Unauthorized collaboration Letter of Admonition (1 year)
43. Plagiarism in final take-home exam Letter of Censure (8 mos.)
44. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (1 year)
45. Misrepresentation on university application and failure to orally disclose when asked. Letter of Censure (up to graduation)
46. Unauthorized collaboration Letter of Admonition (3 mos.)
47. Plagiarism Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
48. Plagiarism Verbal Admonition
49. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (17 mos.)
50. Plagiarism Letter of Admonition (2 years)
51. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

52. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

53. Cheating and being a party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

54. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

55. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

56. Violating examination rules, cheating during a mid-term examination and quiz Suspension (14 mos.)
Insufficient evidence of cheating on quiz
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
57. Violating examination rules, cheating during a mid-term examination and quiz Suspension (14 mos.)
Insufficient evidence of cheating on quiz
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
58. Plagiarism in two major assignments Suspension (8 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

59. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

60. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educations sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

61. Extensive plagiarism
(second offence)
Suspension (4 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

62. Party to cheating in a mid-term examination Letter of Censure (10 mos.)
Multiple educational sanctions
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3

63. Cheating in a mid-term examination Insufficient evidence
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
64. Providing unauthorized assistance as a G.A. to a student during a test Suspension (2 years)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
65. Improper citation Verbal Admonition
66. Multiple:
1) exam tampering and resubmitting;
2) furnishing false information
Suspension (28 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
67. Misrepresentation of residency status on application Suspension (2 years)
Restitution
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
68. Cheating in a mid-term examination Complaint withdrawn
(JUDICIAL PANEL)
69. Cheating in a final exam by using unauthorized aids Suspension (8 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2

70. Multiple: Disruptive behaviour; failure to comply with Senate Policy A4 and failing to comply with directions of members of University staff. Suspension (18 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL)

 

 
Non-academic Misconduct Cases Result
 
1. Inappropriate behaviour/communication Letter of Censure (16 mos.)
2. Altering a medical certificate and submitting in support of an accommodation request Suspension (8 mos.)
Letter of Censure (8 mos.)
(JUDICIAL PANEL (settlement))

Minutes of Settlement pg1  pg2  pg3