Maharishi University of Management

Personal integrity, honesty, and honor are essential qualities of an ideal student and a developing leader. The University has established an Honor Code that sets forth the standards of academic honesty and personal integrity expected of all students.

Honor Code Guidelines

The purpose of observing the traditional standards of academic honesty is to promote an ideal learning experience. Students find confirmation and support of their academic efforts when they represent their achievements honestly. At the same time, faculty can provide proper guidance and feedback when they have an accurate assessment of the student’s progress.

• Any work represented as one’s own must be the product of one’s own thinking and research. This applies to all assigned work, including papers, examinations, quizzes, and oral presentations. In composing papers, students are encouraged to seek feedback from others on the work in progress, but are expected to do the writing themselves.
• Any ideas drawn from other scholars must be properly credited. This includes not only direct quotes, but also ideas drawn from course syllabi, videotaped lectures, and other University-related publications.
• If a student knowingly allows another student to copy his or her work, that student will be subject to the same disciplinary consequences as the student who copied.
• Students may not enlist other students to participate in any activities which violate the policies and procedures of the University.
• Students who take responsibility for attendance or any other records contributing to the final course grade are required to be faithful and accurate in their reporting.
• Students who become aware of a failure to uphold the standards of the Honor Code are required to notify the faculty member teaching the course.
• As Research in Consciousness (RC) is an academic course, the standards of the Honor Code apply. Thus, any action which unfairly increases a student’s attendance is not honest. Some examples of academic dishonesty in RC are as follows:
  1. passing your badge through the bar code scanner and not attending program
  2. leaving program early without signing out
  3. having another student pass your badge through the scanner
  4. passing another student’s badge through the scanner