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academic and personal achievements. Moreover, it aims to establish standards
of academic conduct and to provide a procedure that assures fair and just
treatment for any student accused of violating any of the rules. By upholding
the letter and the spirit of the code, ultimately, the Student Academic Integrity
Code aims to promote a culture of excellence where the students can be
formed to be future “movers and leaders” of society.

c. STANDARDS OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY (SAIC)

An SISC student shall not cheat.

Whereas CHEATING is defined as the act of obtaining or attempting to
obtain credit for academic work through the use of dishonest, deceptive, and
fraudulent means. A student, therefore, shall not:

 give, receive, or use unauthorized or prohibited information, resources, or
assistance in an examination, assignment, project, or any academic
requirement;
 write, take, research, develop, prepare, or create an examination, assignment,
project, or any academic requirement for another student, in whole or in part;
 submit an examination, assignment, project, or any academic requirement
written, taken, researched, developed, prepared, or created by another person,
in whole or in part;
 prevent or interfere with the use by other students of any library, laboratory,
or other academic-related resource;
 damage, destroy, impair, or steal any library, laboratory, or other academic-
related resources or another student’s completed assignments, copy, in whole
or in part, from another student during a test, competition, seatwork, project,
etc.
 purposely allow oneself to be an accomplice in cheating by permitting
another student to copy from one’s academic work during a test, alter or
interfere with grading done on any form of academic work or as seen on the
report card or any grading document/record;
 use or consult, during an examination, any sources (e.g. electronic equipment
such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets/ iPad, palm pilot or PDAs, etc.), other
students, or any material not authorized by the teacher/instructor;
 commit other acts of fraud or deceit;
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