The University of Oklahoma Student Association has approved, with the concurrence of the Faculty Senate, a resolution encouraging the use of an integrity pledge on all major assignments. The Pledge reads:

On my honor, I affirm that I have neither given nor received inappropriate aid in the completion of this exercise.

Instructors are encouraged to place this pledge, along with a student signature line, on quiz and test sheets. Students may also be asked to write or type it themselves on the title page of papers and projects. A faculty member who chooses to do so may state in the syllabus that work will not be accepted if it does not bear the signed integrity pledge.

The Integrity Council acts as the voice of academic integrity in the University community. To request a presentation for your class or for more information, contact the Integrity Council at integritycouncil@ou.edu. More information is available here.

The misconduct system for the Norman Campus, excluding the College of Law, is set forth in the Academic Integrity Code. The Code is included as an appendix to the Faculty Handbook and is available as a link from the Integrity website. Links from that page also lead to instructions on filing misconduct charges and imposing academic misconduct "admonitions" on students when either becomes necessary.

Instructors are strongly encouraged to discuss expectations of academic integrity with their classes regularly and should not hesitate to report incidents of academic misconduct. Any such incident may be dealt with by either reporting a violation of the Code or giving the student an admonition. Charges are ordinarily filed with the Office of Academic Integrity Programs (Evans Hall, Room 104, (405) 325-3224, integrity@ou.edu) within 15 class days of the incident’s discovery. A form for reporting violations and admonitions is here.

Forms may be submitted to the Office of Academic Integrity Programs by:

• Campus Mail: Evans Hall, 104.
• Email: integrity@ou.edu
• Fax: (405) 325-7470

A violation of the Code will result in any grade penalty the instructor deems appropriate, up to an F in the course. It will also result in university sanctions from the Provost, in consultation with the student's dean, ranging from a formal reprimand to expulsion. The grade of "N" (not “I”) should be assigned until the reported student formally admits or is found responsible for violating the Code in a subsequent hearing. In the event the reported student is found not responsible, the student shall receive the grade earned in the course, suspected violation notwithstanding.

In less serious cases, the same form used for violations may be used to impose an instructor's formal warning, or admonition. An admonition is less severe than a charge of misconduct and is only appropriate for first-time, less-egregious offenses on assignments other than final examinations or semester-long projects and papers. Once the matter is discussed with the student and a written notice of the right to appeal is provided, an admonition may lead to an immediate grade penalty without further delay for adjudication. However, the penalty can be no greater than a zero on the assignment and will not be accompanied by any institutional penalty. To prevent multiple infractions being assigned admonitions by instructors unaware of the prior warnings a student has received, any admonition should be reported to the Office of Academic Integrity Programs using the violation/admonition form.

Faculty contemplating an admonition should contact the Office of Academic Integrity Programs at (405) 325-3224 to determine whether a student has a prior record of academic misconduct.