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Violations of the Student Code of Conduct

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The following violations are subject to disciplinary action, as provided for in this Code:

  1. Violation of the Academic Dishonesty Policy which includes cheating and plagiarism.
    1. Cheating: Use and/or solicitation of use of unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aides or other devices in any academic exercise. This definition includes unauthorized communication of information during an academic exercise.
    2. Plagiarism: Presenting the work of another as one’s own (i.e., without proper acknowledgment of the sources). Plagiarism can occur through written work, as well as, orally, visually, or conceptually.
    3. Fabrication and Falsification: Altering, inventing, or counterfeiting information.
    4. Multiple Submissions: Submitting the same paper, oral presentation or piece of work for credit more than once without prior written authorization from the faculty member of note.
    5. Complicity/Unauthorized Assistance: Intentionally or knowingly allowing another to commit and act of academic dishonesty. Giving or receiving assistance in connection with an examination or any other academic endeavor that a faculty member has not authorized.
    6. Lying/Tampering/Theft: Giving false information in connection with the performance of any academic work or in connection with any preceding academic dishonesty violations mentioned above.
  2. Violation of the Alcohol or Drug Policy.
    1. Violation of any College, state or federal drug or alcohol laws or policies.
    2. Improper actions resulting from the distribution and/or sale of alcoholic beverages or drugs.
  3. Violation of the Smoking Policy.
    1. Violation of any College or state laws or policies.
    2. Improper actions resulting from the distribution and/or sale of tobacco/vape products.
  4. Violation of the College’s Acceptable Use Policy (IT).
  5. Violation of the Recreational Vehicles Policy.
  6. Failure to comply with a reasonable request of authorized College personnel or law enforcement officers acting in the performance of their duties and/or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so.
  7. Violation of the College's Title IX Policy.
  8. Property Misuse
    1. Unauthorized entry to, or use of, College facilities including use of a CIA ID and/or keys of another community member and tampering with a locking mechanism.
    2. Attempted or actual theft of Institutional or private property.
    3. Misuse of, damage to, or destruction of Institutional or private property.
    4. Vandalism of Institutional or private property.
  9. Conduct which threatens or endangers the health, safety, or emotional well-being of others to include but not limited to:
    1. Bullying: A pattern of behavior when an individual repeatedly uses power in an intentional manner, including verbal, physical, or written conduct directed at another individual.
    2. Cyberbullying: The use of electronic communication to harm or harass others in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.
    3. Intimidation: Subjecting an individual to intentional action that significantly threatens and induces a sense of fear and/or inferiority.
    4. Coercion: The improper use of pressure to compel another individual to initiate or continue action.
    5. Threats: Physical, written, verbal, or electronic conduct which reasonably expresses an intention to cause an individual injury, harm, or damage.
    6. Physical restraint, assault, or any other act of physical violence, or use of physical force against an individual.
    7. Violation of the Anti-Hazing Policy.
  10. Fire Safety Violation: Intentionally/unintentionally causing a fire safety hazard, tampering with fire safety equipment, or causing a false fire alarm.
  11. Obstruction or disruption of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary procedures or other College activities, including CIA events or other authorized activities of the College.
  12. Disorderly conduct defined as conduct which is lewd, indecent, or breaches the peace; or aiding, abetting, or procuring another person to breach the peace.
  13. Violation of CIA’s Parking Policy
  14. Gambling defined as gaming, betting, or operation of lotteries for money or other possessions on College property or in any College-operated or managed facility, with the exception of College-sponsored lotteries.
  15. Illegal or unauthorized use, possession, or distribution of any firearms, weapons, fireworks, explosives or ammunition, or abuse of flammable substances, on College property.
  16. Violation of the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bias, Harassment, and Intimidation Policy.
    1. Harassment is defined as (a) unwelcome conduct based on a legally protected class, including: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law; and (b) that is so severe or pervasive that it interferes with an individual’s work or academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
    2. Biased conduct is defined as any verbal, written, visual, or physical conduct, whether intentional or unintentional, based on an individual's actual or perceived membership in a protected class or protected categories that:
      1. demeans or intimidates individuals; this includes derogatory language, and
      2. impairs or interferes with an individual’s right or ability to participate in and receive opportunities to experience their education or employment.
    3. Intimidation is defined as subjecting an individual to intentional action that significantly threatens and induces a sense of fear or inferiority.
  17. Furnishing false information to an College authority which includes but is not limited to: false reporting, forgery, alteration or misuse of institutional documents, records, or identification.
  18. Abuse of the Conduct System, including:
    1. Failure to respond to a summons of the Conduct Board or the Hearing Officer.
    2. Initiation of a conduct proceeding knowingly without cause.
    3. Attempt to influence the impartiality of a member of the Conduct Board prior to or during the course of conduct proceedings.
    4. Failure to complete or comply with a disciplinary sanction assigned by the Conduct Board/Hearing Officer.
    5. Verbal, physical, or mental harassment or intimidation of any member of the conduct body, witnesses, complainants, or respondents prior to, during, or after a conduct proceeding.
    6. Retaliation by any party toward others involved in the adjudication of a violation.
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