LDRS 650 Principles of Organizational Leadership Instructor of Record: Seth Kastle Fort Hays State University Cooperating Teacher: Jared Nieslen jared.sias@yahoo.com Academic Honesty Membership in the FHSU learning community imposes upon the student a variety of commitments, obligations and responsibilities. It is the policy of FHSU to impose sanctions on students who misrepresent their academic work. Examples of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to: 1. Plagiarism: taking someone else’s intellectual work and presenting it as one’s own (which covers published and unpublished sources). Using another’s term paper as one’s own, handing in a paper purchased from an individual or agency, submitting papers from living group, club or organization files, or using another’s computer program or document are all examples of plagiarism. Standards of attribution and appropriate acknowledgement of sources are important. Students should consult with their instructor or with recognized handbooks in their field when in doubt. 2. Cheating: consultation of books, library materials or notes during tests without the instructor’s permission; use of crib sheets or hidden notes; intentional observation of another student’s test; receipt of a copy of an exam or questions or answers from another graded activity; deliberate falsification of lab results; submission of falsified data, alteration of exams or other academic exercises; and collaboration on projects where collaboration is forbidden. 3. Falsification, forgery or alteration of any documents pertaining to assignments and examinations. 4. Students who (cooperate or in other ways promote) participate in promoting cheating or plagiarism by others (or who take credit for the work of others) will also be in violation of this policy. Violation of Academic Honesty Academic honesty is very important in this class. The following are the consequences of engaging in any form of academic dishonesty: 1. On the first violation, sanctions will include failing the requisite assignment. 2. The second violation, will result in failing the course. Notification of the academic dishonesty and accompanying failure may be sent to both FHSU and the partner school administration. 3. Students who violate the academic honesty policy may also face program level consequences, up to and including expulsion from FHSU and/or the partner institution. Rewrites Students are not allowed to rewrite assignments and submit for consideration or change of grade without prior approval from their instructor. Attendance and Participation Attendance in this class is required, and to be counted present, students must be in class and prepared to participate. This means that the student arrives on time, has completed any required readings or assignments, and has all of the course materials with him or her. Students that do not bring a copy of the required books and materials to class will be counted as absent for the day. Students must be active participants in order to receive full credit. Attendance and participation criteria will be explained more fully on the first day of the semester. Tardiness Students should be on time to class and prepared to begin as soon as class starts. Students should also be prompt in returning after any breaks in a timely fashion. Excessive tardiness will be treated as being absent for the day from the course. Incompletes Students deserving of an incomplete grade may, at the discretion of the instructor, receive an “I” for the course. Incompletes will only be given in extreme circumstances and only to students who meet the requirements of the FHSU policy on incomplete grades. The instructor is not obligated to give an incomplete to any student. Late Assignments Assignments received after the due date will be deducted 10% per day. After five days, students will receive a zero for the assignment. The instructor may, at his or her discretion, accept late assignments without penalty if the situation has extenuating circumstances. Homework Submission Students will submit most assignments using blackboard. Students should put their Chinese (Pinyin) name, English name, and student ID number on all documents. Style Manual All Leadership Studies courses will utilize the American Psychological Association (APA) style manual for references, citations and manuscript formatting. A good resources for students needing assistance with proper style is the Online Writing Lab, which may be accessed here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/ I hereby acknowledge that I have read and understand the FHSU Academic Policy and agree to the violations stated within this policy. ______________________________________ Signature of student (English and Chinese Family Name) ____________________________ Date ______________________________ Student ID