Honesty in Academic Work: A Guide for Students and Teachers

The Chinese University of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on academic dishonesty. While "academic dishonesty" is the overall name, there are several sub-categories as follows:

Impersonation fraud in tests and examinations (including violation of rule 19 of the University’s Examination Rules or rule 15 of the University's Online Examination Rules)

(i)	Plagiarism
(ii)	Undeclared multiple submissions
(iii)	Employing or using services provided by a third party to undertake ones’ submitted work, or providing services as a third party
(iv)	Distribution/ Sharing/ Copying of teaching materials without the consent of the course teachers to gain unfair academic advantage in the courses
(v)	Violating rules 15 or 16 of the University's Examination Rules (Annex 1) or rule 9 or 10 of the University's Online Examination Rules (Annex 2)
(vi)	Cheating in tests and examinations (including violation of rules 17 or 18 of the University’s Examination Rules or rule 11, 12, 13, 14 or 16 of the University's Online Examination Rules)
(vii)	Impersonation fraud in tests and examinations (including violation of rule 19 of the University’s Examination Rules or rule 15 of the University's Online Examination Rules)
(viii)	All other acts of academic dishonesty

Any related offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University.

Everyone should make himself/herself familiar with the content of this website and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.

香港中文大學對學生作業有嚴格的學術誠信要求，違反學術誠信的個案，一律以零容忍政策處理。「違反學術誠信」是一個統稱，包括以下類別：

(i)	抄襲
(ii)	未有聲明重覆使用作業
(iii)	聘用或使用第三者服務以助其完成提交的作業，或作為第三者提供服務
(iv)	未經科目老師事先同意下分發/分享/複製教學材料以在該科目獲得不公平的學術優勢
(v)	違反大學考試試場規則（附件一）第十五或第十六條或違反大學網上考試規則（附件二）第九或第十條
(vi)	測驗及考試作弊（包括違反大學考試試場規則第十七或第十八條或違反大學網上考試規則第十一、第十二、第十三、第十四或第十六條）
(vii)	在測驗及考試中冒充他人的作弊行為（包括違反大學考試試場規則第十九條或違反大學網上考試規則第十五條）
(viii)	所有其他違反學術誠信行為

違反有關規定的學生予以懲處，嚴重者包括開除學籍。

同學不能掉以輕心，應熟習本網頁內容，以免犯錯。

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These web pages are maintained by the Academic and Quality Section on behalf of the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning and the Senate Committee on Student Discipline. Enquiries and suggestions should be addressed to the Academic and Quality Section: aqs@cuhk.edu.hk

本網頁由學務及素質組代表教務會教與學委員會及教務會學生紀律委員會管理。如有查詢及建議，請發電郵至學務及素質組：aqs@cuhk.edu.hk

Last updated in February 2021
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