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All students of Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) must conduct
themselves at all times in a mature and responsible manner.
The rights and property of all persons are to be respected
regardless of time or place. For dual degree students (MD-PhD,
VMD-PhD), or graduate students who conduct research in a clinical
venue, this also includes compliance with rules, procedures
and accepted practices in the clinical setting. In addition,
BGS students must comply with the University's code of general
conduct and other University policies related to student conduct
that appear in The Penn Book, Policies and Procedures Handbook
of the University of Pennsylvania. These policies include,
but are not limited to, policies on sexual harassment, acquaintance
rape and sexual violence, open expression, drug and alcohol
usage, and the drug-free workplace. The judicial charter contained
within that document is not applicable to BGS students. The
Charter of Biomedical Graduate Studies Student Judicial System
which is applicable to graduate and dual degree students within
BGS can be found on the BGS website.
The most fundamental value of any academic community is intellectual
honesty; accordingly, all academic communities rely upon the
integrity of each and every member. Students are responsible
not only for adhering to the highest standards of truth and
honesty but also for upholding the principles and spirit of
the following Code. Violations of this Code include but are
not limited to the following acts:
- Cheating: using or attempting
to use unauthorized assistance, material or study aids in
examinations or any other academic work, or preventing,
or attempting to prevent another from using authorized assistance,
material, or study aids.
- Plagiarism: using the ideas,
data or language of another without specific and proper
acknowledgment.
- Fabrication: submitting contrived
or altered information in any academic exercise.
- Multiple Submission: submitting,
without prior permission, any work submitted to fulfill
another academic requirement.
- Misrepresentation of Academic Records:
misrepresenting or tampering with, or attempting to tamper
with, any portion of one's own or any other person's transcripts
or academic record, either before or after coming to the
University of Pennsylvania.
- Facilitating Academic Dishonesty:
knowingly helping or attempting to help another violate
provisions of this Code.
- Unfair Advantage: attempting
to gain unauthorized advantage over fellow students in an
academic exercise.
The relationship of modern biomedical research to the clinical setting may
place BGS students in direct contact with patients, patient
medical records, or health care workers. BGS students must
behave with paramount concern for patients' welfare and with
respect for the rights of patients. The expectations of BGS
students' conduct in the clinical setting include the following:
- adherence to appropriate standards of behavior in the presence of patients;
- adherence to appropriate standards of confidentiality with respect to information about patients;
- honesty in interactions with clinical colleagues and in recordkeeping;
- respect for the limits of responsibility and activity set forth by supervisors;
- appropriate interactions with colleagues and co-workers.
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