Honor & Integrity System Professional Development-April 2005Edition
Honor Hearing Panel Procedure-Module
3 Answers
- Question: Who determines if an Honor & Integrity System Case moves forward to an HC Honor Panel
Hearing?
Answer: the Director
- Question: Who appoints the HC Honor Hearing Panel members?
Answer: the
Associate Director
- Question: How many HC members make a full HC Honor Hearing Panel?
Answer: 6
(six)
- Question: Under what condition should a Honor Hearing Panelist arrive at least 30
minutes before the start of a hearing?
Answer: He or
she has NOT read the Case Report and documentation.
- Question: Who is present and gives information at an HC Honor Hearing?
Answer: Case
Investigators, Reporter(s), Alleged Violator(s), Witnesses
- Question: What is an HC Hearing Script?
Answer: An Honor & Integrity System
document that the Chair uses in conducting an HC hearing.
- Question: Give an example of a "closed-ended" question.
Answer: (varies)
Example: Did you read the syllabus?
- Question: Does an AV have the opportunity to ask questions of a Reporter in the hearing?
Answer: yes, as well as the CIs and witnesses
- Question: What standard of proof (information) is necessary for finding a student
responsible for a violation of the Honor Pledge?
Answer: clear
and convincing information, but not necessarily conclusive
- Question: What three criteria are evaluated before sanctioning a student found responsible
for violating the Honor Pledge?
Answer: truthfulness,
premeditation, flagrancy
- Question: What are two sanctions possible for a student found responsible?
Answer: see
the list
- Question: What is the Development & Integrity course and
who may assign it?
Answer: one educational sanction assigned
by faculty and hearing panels
- Question: On what grounds can a student violator appeal an HC Honor hearing determination?
Answer: substantial new information or procedural irregularities
- Question: What happens to the paperwork in Case packets after an Honor hearing?
Answer: all paperwork is shredded except for
the original Case Report, CI Reports, and Script
- Question: Is an HC Honor hearing taped? How long is it kept?
Answer: yes and kept
for one year