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Being a member of the Association of Higher Educational Institutions “League of Academic
Honesty” (hereinafter referred to as the League), the Academy in its activities promotes and
implements ten fundamental principles of academic honesty proclaimed by the League:
1) Academic honesty is a key value of every member of the League, his educational process
and research.
2) Each member of the League ensures compliance with clear, fair and objective standards of
academic integrity, citation and conduct rules.
3) Each member of the League is responsible for ensuring mandatory anti-plagiarism of all
written works, regardless of their nature, content and scope, submitted for academic and/or research
purposes.
4) Each member of the League provides the student with responsibility for violating the
principles and standards of academic honesty.
5) Each member of the League makes higher demands on students within the framework of
their system of fair and objective assessment of learning outcomes.
6) Each member of the League provides only the best opportunity to complete their studies.
7) Each member of the League is responsible for the quality of training, confirmed by his
diploma.
8) Each member of the League ensures the teacher’s high responsibility as a mentor, instilling
the principles and standards of academic honesty, mutual respect and justice.
9) Each member of the League recognizes that the promotion and protection of academic
integrity is the result of the mutual efforts of all students and employees in the organization of
education.
10) Each member of the League undertakes to conscientiously fulfill the obligations entrusted
to him, including the basic principles of the League. He understands that he can be expelled from
the organization for violation of obligations in accordance with the Charter or acts of the League, as
well as the principles and standards of academic honesty, including the basic principles of the
League.
3. Types of violation of academic honesty
1. Violations of academic honesty, manifested in educational and research activities, boil
down to deviations from regulatory requirements when performing written works (tests, essays,
dissertations, etc.), answers to exams, studies, writing scientific papers, in expression one’s position
in relations with administrative and managerial personnel, faculty (hereinafter – teaching staff) and
students, as well as in assessment and examination.
2. Plagiarism – intentional or reckless, full or partial illegal use, appropriation or disposal of
the protected results of another’s work, the results of academic, scientific, research, journalistic and
analytical activities, which is accompanied by the bringing to other persons of false information
about yourself as a valid author.
3. The following are recognized as plagiarism:
presentation of ideas, formulations, statements or statements of another person without
proper indication of sources, translation of text from one language to another without indication the
source;
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