UW1020 Policies
Research Fabrication Policy
According to the Code of Academic Integrity fabrication means “falsifying any data, information, or citation in an academic exercise.” A research fabrication includes the citation of a source that does not exist or attribution of knowledge to a source that is not contained within that source.
UW 1020 is a course where students and faculty learn from each other. In fostering a learning environment that is free from fabrications, we are not only upholding the integrity of knowledge but also ensuring that research serves as genuine evidence of learning. With these values in mind, this policy statement is not intended to encourage a pedagogy of suspicion but to foster learning based on ethical research inquiry.
UW1020 faculty commit to:
- UW 1020 syllabi will include a definition of research fabrication, and faculty will teach ethical source use, including discussion of the impacts of fabrication.
- UW 1020 courses will teach how to find and read sources in order to write with them.
- Coursework with fabricated research should be reported to CESA.*
- Drafts known to include fabricated research should not undergo peer review.
- Students who fail a course because of fabricated research will not be assigned an R in place of an F. (w/ footnote)
*Note that reporting an incident to CESA does not, in itself, lead to a sanction. At minimum, a warning is put in the student's file and the student may be required to resubmit work. If the violation is severe or there are prior dishonesty charges, the sanction could include reduced assignment credit, and/or reduced/failed course grade. For more about CESA's approach, see the CESA Academic Integrity Sanctioning Model.