Johnson & Wales University AI Policy

Using another student’s work and submitting portions or the entire assignment with your name.

2. Using GAI tools to produce part or all of an assignment unless given the explicit (oral or written) permission of the course instructor.

3. Reusing your own work from a previous assignment or publication without acknowledging the earlier use and obtaining permission for the reuse from the instructor to whom the reused work is submitted.

4. Failing to include citations, quotations, or works cited pages when using outside sources, including but not limited to GAI tools.

4. Using GAI tools in the completion of any course assignments, labs, or exams without explicit permission by the course instructor.

4. Using GAI tools to create an outline for an assignment, without the explicit permission of the course instructor.

d) Complying with instructor directives. Notably, individual instructors may explicitly limit use of otherwise permitted resources or prohibit otherwise permissible conduct. For example, an instructor may decide that no use of outside resources are permitted in a particular assignment. In that case, a student may not properly use outside resources even if they are properly sourced and cited.

1. Using unauthorized information, materials, or study aids, such as a phone, cheat sheet, or generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools, during an exam or for an assignment without explicit permission by the course instructor.

4. Using GAI tools in the completion of any course assignments, labs, or exams without explicit permission by the course instructor.

4. Using GAI tools in the completion of any course assignments, labs, or exams without explicit permission by the course instructor.

2. Sharing your computer code with another student.

H. Plagiarism means the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving such person appropriate credit.

J. Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.

K. Research record means the record of data or results that embody the facts resulting from scientific inquiry. Data or results may be in physical or electronic form. Examples of information, items, or material that may be considered part of the research record include, but are not limited to, abstracts, clinical research records, journal articles, lab meeting reports, laboratory notebooks, laboratory records, manuscripts, online content, progress reports, raw data, records of oral presentations, research proposals, study records, and theses.

C. Fabrication means making up data or results and recording or reporting them.

D. Falsification means manipulating research equipment, materials, or processes or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.

K. Research record means the record of data or results that embody the facts resulting from scientific inquiry. Data or results may be in physical or electronic form. Examples of information, items, or material that may be considered part of the research record include, but are not limited to, abstracts, clinical research records, journal articles, lab meeting reports, laboratory notebooks, laboratory records, manuscripts, online content, progress reports, raw data, records of oral presentations, research proposals, study records, and theses.

1. JWU requires all JWU Researchers to adhere to high standards for honesty and integrity in the conduct of scholarly endeavors. Accordingly, JWU strictly prohibits research misconduct by JWU Researchers.

J. Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.

K. Research record means the record of data or results that embody the facts resulting from scientific inquiry. Data or results may be in physical or electronic form. Examples of information, items, or material that may be considered part of the research record include, but are not limited to, abstracts, clinical research records, journal articles, lab meeting reports, laboratory notebooks, laboratory records, manuscripts, online content, progress reports, raw data, records of oral presentations, research proposals, study records, and theses.

b) Description and documentation of any grant support, including, for example, any grant numbers, grant applications, contracts, and publications listing grant support.

Plagiarism (including derivations thereof, such as plagiarizing) means using another’s words or ideas and presenting or attempting to present them as your own (i.e., without appropriate attribution or citation).

4. Failing to include citations, quotations, or works cited pages when using outside sources, including but not limited to GAI tools.

b) Obtaining clarification if they do not understand whether certain conduct covered by this Policy is permitted or if they do not understand how to properly credit sources.

c) Agreeing that by taking courses at JWU, their assignments may be subject to submission to plagiarism detection software (e.g., Turnitin.com) for textual similarity review and/or for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the plagiarism detection database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism or misuse of such assignments. Use of any plagiarism detection software service is subject to the usage policy posted on the software website.

Students agree that by taking courses at JWU, required assignments may be subject to submission to Turnitin for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin service is subject to the Usage Policy posted on Turnitin.com .

2. A faculty or staff member who suspects a violation of Academic Integrity must refer the matter to Community Standards and Conduct through the online Academic Integrity Referral Form (“Form”).

3. When completing the Form, the faculty or staff member should determine a grade sanction, including a failing or reduced grade for the assignment or exam at issue or the course as a whole, redoing the assignment or exam for full or partial credit, a lower final grade, or no grade sanction (“Grade Sanction”).

The faculty or staff member may also recommend, and/or Community Standards and Conduct may decide to impose additional measures beyond the Grade Sanction, which may include, without limitation, imposing academic conduct warnings or conduct probations; requiring completion of the JWU Academic Integrity online module, reflection assignments, student success meetings, and writing appointments; suspending or dismissing the student from the university; or rescinding the student’s degree, (collectively, “Additional Sanctions”).

1. Faculty have the primary responsibility of maintaining a culture of Academic Integrity, but all members of the JWU community also share responsibility in maintaining a culture of Academic Integrity.

2. A faculty or staff member who suspects a violation of Academic Integrity must refer the matter to Community Standards and Conduct through the online Academic Integrity Referral Form (“Form”).

Johnson & Wales University uses an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search feature (SearchStax) to enhance website search results. When a user submits a question through the website search function, the system may generate a brief summary based on information published on jwu.edu. The summary is displayed alongside traditional search results and includes links to the source pages used to generate the response. Users are encouraged to review the source pages for complete information.

AI-generated summaries may be incomplete and inaccurate.

Johnson & Wales University uses an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search feature (SearchStax) to enhance website search results. When a user submits a question through the website search function, the system may generate a brief summary based on information published on jwu.edu. The summary is displayed alongside traditional search results and includes links to the source pages used to generate the response. Users are encouraged to review the source pages for complete information.

AI-generated summaries may be incomplete and inaccurate.