CODE OF CONDUCT, ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND TITLE IX POLICY

Simmons SLIS expects each of its students to uphold the Honor System and does not tolerate academic or scholastic dishonesty, such as plagiarism, cheating, or academic fraud. Penalties range from failure on the assignment, failure in the course, or dismissal from the program.

Definition of Plagiarism: Intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise; failure to attribute any of the following: quotations, paraphrases, or borrowed information from print sources or websites; buying completed papers from others to use as one’s own work.

Reasonable accommodations will be provided for students with documented physical, sensory, systemic, cognitive, learning, and psychiatric disabilities. If you have a disability and anticipate that you will need a reasonable accommodation in this class, it is important that you contact the Disability Services Office in the Main College Building Room E108 or via phone at 617-521-2474, early in the semester. See also the Web page at http://www.simmons.edu/student-life/student-services/disability-services for a list of contacts. Students with disabilities are also encouraged to contact their instructors to discuss their individual needs for accommodations.

Title IX and the Simmons College Gender‐Based Misconduct Policy

Title IX Federal law states that all students have the right to gain an education free of gender‐based discrimination. Some examples of gender‐based discrimination, as defined by this law include sexual harassment or exploitation, sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking. In compliance with Title IX, Simmons College has a “Gender‐Based Misconduct Policy” which defines these forms of misconduct, outlines College protocol and procedures for investigating and addressing incidences of gender‐based discrimination, highlights interim safety measures, and identifies both on and off‐campus resources.

The policy and a list of resources is located here:
http://internal.simmons.edu/students/general-information/title-ix/gender-based-misconduct-policy-for-students-faculty-staff-and-visitors


Additionally, the Gender‐Based Misconduct Policy has a Consensual Relationships clause that prohibits intimate, romantic or sexual relationships between students, faculty, staff, contract employees of the College, teacher’s assistants, and supervisors at internship/field placement sites.

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