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Thursday, September 4, 2014

PRINCIPLES OF THE LISBON BUSINESS SCHOOL COLLEGE ACADEMIC & STUDENTS CONDUCT CODES

1)   STUDENTS RIGHTS  
i.            Freedom of Access to Lisbon Business School College. Lisbon Business School College an equal  opportunity  institution,  welcomes  students  for admission to any course of study for which their qualifications indicate they can benefit  without regard to race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender, veteran   status, disability or religion.

ii.            Freedom from Discrimination Lisbon Business School College provides educational opportunities without regard to race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender, veteran status, religion, or disability

iii.            Freedom from Harassment, in General The College is committed to maintaining the campus community as a place of work and  study free  from  abuse,  intimidation  and  harassment,  where  everyone  is  treated  with  respect  and courtesy.

iv.            Freedom from Sexual Harassment In  accordance  with  the  Department  of  Education,  under  the  guidance  of  the Administrative office of Lisbon College as well as  Office  of  Civil  Rights,  no  member  of  the  College community may sexually harass another. Consistent with the government regulations and   College policy


v.            The Right to Dissent The College will respect and defend the right of its members to lawful exercise of free  speech and assembly on behalf of causes, whether popular or unpopular, provided  such exercise does not  disrupt  normal  College  functions,  interfere  with  the  College’s  educational,  instructional
vi.            and/or  administrative  process,  cause  personal  injury,  destroy  College  facilities  or  property  or  encompass  the  physical  occupation  of  any  campus  building,  facility,  or  parts  thereof  and  is  compliant  with  College  procedure  governing  manner  and  duration  of  free  speech  activities .


vii.            The  right  to  reasonably  accurate  information  in  advertising,  recruitment  and
viii.            orientation efforts.

ix.            The right to free and peaceable inquiry, expression, association and assembly.

x.            The right  to engage in demonstrations as long as the demonstration is not  violent and  does  not  disrupt  the  educational and  administrative  process  of  the  College  or interfere  with  the  rights  of  other  members  of  the  College   community.  Rules and procedures  pertaining  to  demonstrations  are  available  from  the  College office.

xi.            The right  to reasonable use of College facilities and services intended for  individual educational and social development.

xii.            The right to participate freely in legal off-campus  activities related to local,  national, or international organizations for intellectual, social, religious,  political, economic or cultural purposes without impairing official standing at Lisbon Business School College.

xiii.            The  right  to  protection  against  unreasonable  surveillance,  searches  or  seizures  by members of the College.

xiv.            The  right  to  establish  a  College-recognized,  democratic  student  government  with authority to legislate and administer within its  constitutional jurisdiction and within the limits of the law, with normal democratic safeguards against abuse of power.

xv.            The  right  to  form  organizations  within  the  College  for  any  lawful  purpose. The student  government  constitution  establishes  a  procedure  for  College  sanction. Organizations shall have the right to keep membership lists  confidential and solely for  their  own  use.  The  names  and  addresses  of  officers  or  representatives  will  be required by the College as a condition of  registration or access to College funds or enjoyment of College privileges.

xvi.            The  right  of  groups  and  individual  students  to  distribute  literature,  within  existing College procedure, on the campus in areas generally available to the public provided that the distribution of such written materials

xvii.            The right to expect the College to provide reasonable space indoors and outdoors lf or students and their organizations to post notices and posters.  Such notices and posters  may  deal  with  subject  matter  including,  but  not  limited  to,  notices  of meetings  or  events,  and  expressions  of  positions  and  ideas  on  social  or  political topics.  Designated  posting  spaces  shall  be  established  at  appropriate  locations throughout the campus with due  regard to  convenience and aesthetics. All notices and  posters  must  be  date  stamped  by  the  appropriate  office,  which  may  impose reasonable restrictions on time and place.

xviii.            The right to expect rules and regulations to be applied reasonably and impartially.

xix.            The right to expect that procedural due process will be exercised before imposition of disciplinary sanctions.

xx.            The  right  to  enjoy  privileges  regardless  of  age,  gender,  sexual  orientation,  race, color, national origin, disabling condition, religion or veteran status.

2)   STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITIES
  1. Assault and Battery, physical attack  or  battery  includes  but  is  not  limited  to  the  following  activities,  all  of  which  are prohibited by college threatening, attempting or causing injury or bodily harm to a faculty and/o r individual in outside of the classroom causing  physical  contact  with  another  when  the  person  knows  or  should   reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or unwelcome spoken  or  written  assault  that  is  threatening  or  carries  with  it  intention  to  do  bodily harm.

  1. Children or Guests on Campus Children or guests are welcome on campus and must adhere to the following standards. Children require appropriate supervision. Whenever children are in any College facility, they need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian and display appropriate behavior. Unattended children will be escorted to the appropriate law enforcement officials. Students  must  have  prior  faculty  approval  before  bringing  children  or  guests  into  the classroom. This practice is discouraged and should only be done as a final resort on a short-term basis.  The staff  member  has  the  right  to  ask  the  parent  or  guardian  to remove disruptive children or guests even if they were initially allowed to enter.

  1. Computer Offenses Students are held to the same standard as outlined in the College’s Policy on Acceptable Use of College Computing Resources. Intentionally  or  knowingly  giving  out  passwords or  other  confidential  information  concerning the  computer  security  system  without  proper  authorization  is  prohibited.  

  1. “Fraudulent, harassing, or obscene [or pornographic] messages and/or materials are not to be  knowingly retrieved, transmitted or stored. Users may not encroach on others’ use of computer  resources.  Activities  defined  as  encroachment  are  determined  by  the  computer  system administrator and include, but are not limited to excessive use of computer resources for trivial applications;  sending  harassing  messages;  sending  frivolous  or  excessive  messages,  including chain  letters,  junk  mail,  and  other  types  of  broadcast  messages,  either  locally  or  over  the Internet; using excessive amounts of storage; intentionally introducing any rogue or malicious programs to SLCC hardware or software; or physically damaging systems.”


  1. Disorderly Conduct in the Classroom The  primary  responsibility  for  managing  the  classroom  rests  with  the  faculty.  Students  who engage  in  any  misconduct  that  result  in  disruption  of  the  classroom  may  be  directed  by  the staff member to leave the classroom for the remainder of the class period.

  1. Explosives and Weapons Possession or use of weapons, explosives and fireworks on College  property or during College activities  is  prohibited, Violations of this policy may result in  suspension or termination from the College and prosecution under appropriate laws.

  1. Fraud. The College strictly prohibits altering, falsifying, or otherwise misusing any College document or
  2. record.  In  addition,  furnishing  false  information  to  the  College  with  the   intent  to  deceive  or
  3. obstruct  justice  in  any  way  is  unacceptable.


  1. Gambling/Betting, The College prohibits unlawful gambling/betting,  as per United republic of Tanzania law, in any form at the College or at any College sponsored event.

  1. Inappropriate Dress Standards are  high  regarding  students’  appearance.  Attire  that  interferes  with  the  classroom environment, College business or College sponsored events  may be in violation of the Student Code of Conduct.  For example:  shoes are required indoors while on campus.

  1. Littering Littering on the grounds and in the buildings detracts greatly from the College   atmosphere and is prohibited. Materials, handouts or flyers distributed in parking lots   are considered litter and  are also prohibited.

  1. Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs Salt  Lake  Community  College  has  the  responsibility  to  maintain  an  educational  environment conducive  to  academic  and  vocational  achievement. The  College  recognizes  that  the  use  and abuse  of  alcohol  and  other  drugs  may  interfere  with  students'  educational  goals.  Therefore, Lisbon Business School College has  a  stringent  policy  governing  the  use  of  alcohol  and  other  drugs

  1. Personal Hygiene. Standards are high regarding students’ hygiene.   Hygiene that interferes with the classroom environment, College business or College sponsored events may be in violation of the Student.

  1. Smoking/E-cigarettes. Smoking in public buildings, which includes College facilities, violates the laws of the United Republic of Tanzania.

  1. Solicitation. Solicitation  and  sales  by  students  and  others  on  campus  is  strictly  prohibited  without  prior approval  from  the College office.  Distributing advertising materials, Leaflets or handbills or using audio equipment to promote sales on College   premises without prior written approval is also prohibited.


  1. Unauthorized Activity No rally, parade, demonstration, or similar activity shall be held at the College or at any  College sponsored  event  unless  organizers  file  an  activity  plan  with  the  Dean  of  Students  office  in advance of the event.

  1. Unauthorized Use of College Resources. The College prohibits the illegal distribution of copyrighted material, i.e.  Uploading and downloading copyright works, through peer-to-peer file sharing on campus networks.

  1. Unauthorized Entry or Use. The College prohibits the unauthorized entry to or use of a College facility and/or property. Vandalism or Theft. The College prohibits the abuse or theft of College property or the property of students, faculty,

3)   STUDENT SERVICES
Our Purpose And Values Students, first and always, are of extreme importance to us. We are a personal bridge between the processes of the College and the needs of our students. We  provide,  in  a  caring and  ethical  manner,  service,  support  and  personal  growth  for our students. We assist students and each other with fairness, respect, integrity and care. We  serve  people  without  regard  to  race,  ethnicity,  personal  belief,  disability,  age,  or sexual orientation.

 Our commitment to students directs the way we make decisions, create programs and hire staff. We will maintain within Student Services an environment that nurtures our values which are diversity, community, honesty, people and service.


4)      WELCOME TO LISBON BUSINESS SCHOOL COLLEGE
As  members  of  the  academic  community,  students  enjoy  the  privileges  and  share  the
obligations  of  the  larger  community  of  which  the  College  is  a  part.  With  membership  in  this community  comes  an  obligation,  which  is  consistent  with  goals  of  personal  and   academic excellence. This obligation is an acceptance of a code of civilized behavior.

These are the guiding principles for students at Lisbon Business School College:

“I will practice personal and academic integrity. I will respect the dignity of all
Persons.  I will respect the rights and property of others.  I will discourage
racism, striving to learn from differences in people ideas and opinions. I will
Demonstrate concern for others, their feelings and their need for conditions,
Which support their work and development allegiance to these ideals
obligates  each  student  to  refrain  from  and  discourage  behaviors  which
threaten the freedom and the respect all community members deserve.”

The  College  is  committed  to  equitable,  civil,  and  concerned  treatment  of  all  individuals
regardless  of  age,  gender,  race,  color,  national  origin,  disabling  conditions,  religion,  sexual
Orientation or experienced person status. It is imperative that students learn to recognize, understand and celebrate human   differences. Colleges  can,  and  indeed  must,  help  their  students  become  open  to  the  differences  that surround  them:  race,  religion,  age,  gender,  culture,  sexual  orientation,  physical  ability  and nationality.  These  matters  are  learned  best  in  settings  that  are  rich  with  diversity,  and  they must be learned if the ideals of human worth and dignity are to be advanced. Any expression of hatred or prejudice is inconsistent with the purposes of higher education in a free society. So long as intolerance exists in any form in the larger   society, it will be an issue on College campuses. Lisbon Business School College is committed to maintaining an environment free from prejudice.  Student conduct regulations of Lisbon Business School College are printed herein.  These  regulations  pertain  to  all  campuses,  centers,  sites  and  other  locations  where programs and activities of Lisbon Business School College are conducted.

5)    RESPECT FOR UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
All community members must respect the general resources and physical property of the College. Such resources are assets in which community members have a vested interest, as these resources specifically support the college mission.


6) THE ACADEMIC CODE
Academic integrity protects and promotes the College’s pursuit of its academic mission. Membership in the Lisbon Business School College thus carries with it a responsibility for upholding the College’s principles. All Lisbon members (students & staffs) are expected to conduct themselves with integrity in their learning, teaching, research, and writing. It is also incumbent on those who know or suspect that someone else has violated Lisbon’s academic
Code to report their knowledge or suspicions to the appropriate college authorities

7)  Community Values and Benefits
The interests and long-range welfare of the College community are best served if all faculty, students, and staff feel a commitment to the principles upon which the Academic Code is based. Staffs are urged to review the procedures by which they evaluate student work and to avoid situations and processes that may make cutting corners or obtaining unauthorized assistance easy. Students are urged to consider that the public value of their education depends on the integrity of the grading system, and that academic dishonesty in any form dilutes the value of those grades. If they know of fellow students who are cheating or taking unfair advantage of policies or procedures, they should bring that to the attention of the Standing Committee on the Academic Code.

8) Basic Policy
  1. Academic achievement is evaluated on the basis of work that a student produces independently. A student who obtains credit for work, words, or ideas that are not the products of his or her own effort is dishonest and in violation of Lisbon’s academic Code. Such dishonesty undermines the integrity of academic standards of the college. Infringement of the Academic Code entails penalties ranging from reprimand to suspension, dismissal, or expulsion from the College.

  1. Lisbon College students are expected to tell the truth. Misrepresentation of facts, significant omissions, or falsifications in any connection with the academic process (including Change of Course permits, the academic transcript, or applications for graduate training or
  2. Employment) also violate the Code. This policy applies to currently enrolled students as well as alumni/ae, insofar as it relates to Lisbon transcripts and other records of work at Lisbon Business College.

  1. A student’s name on any exercise (e.g., a theme, report, notebook, performance, tests, computer program, course paper, quiz, or examination) is regarded as assurance that the exercise is the result of the student’s own thoughts and study, stated in his or her own words, and produced without assistance, except as quotation marks, references, and footnotes acknowledge the use of printed sources or other outside help. In some instances an instructor or department may authorize students to work jointly in solving problems or completing projects; such efforts must be clearly marked as the results of collaboration. Where collaboration is authorized, students should be very clear as to which parts of any assignment must be performed independently.

  1. Unless permission is obtained in advance from the instructors of the courses involved, a student may not submit the same exercise in more than one course. Students who perceive the possibility of an overlapping assignment should consult with their instructors before presuming that a single effort will meet the requirements of both courses.


  1. Misunderstanding the Code will not be accepted as an excuse for dishonest work. If a student is in doubt about work in a particular course, he or she should consult the instructor of the course or one of the academic deans in his or her appropriate division so as to avoid the charge of academic dishonesty.

  1. Offenses Against the Academic Code, Use of sources In preparing assignments a student often needs or is required to employ outside sources of information or opinion. All such sources
  2. should be listed in the bibliography. Citations and footnote references are required for all specific facts that are not common knowledge and about which there is not general agreement.

  1. New discoveries or debatable opinions must be credited to the source, with specific references to edition and page even when the student restates the matter in his or her own words.
  2. Word-for-word inclusion of any part of someone else’s written or oral sentence, even if only a phrase or sentence, requires citation in quotation marks and use of the appropriate conventions for attribution. Citations should normally include author, title, edition, and page. (Quotations longer than one sentence are generally indented from the text of the essay, without quotation marks, and identified by author, title, edition, and page.)

  1. Paraphrasing or summarizing the contents of another’s work is not dishonest if the source or sources are clearly identified (author, title, edition, and page), but such paraphrasing does not constitute independent work and may be rejected by the instructor. Students who have  questions about accurate and proper citation methods are expected to consult reference guides as well as course instructors. copyright infringement Improper use of copyrighted materials can also constitute  infringement of the Academic Code when it compromises the
  2. integrity of the academic process.
  3. A piece of work presented as the individual creation of the student is assumed to involve no assistance other than incidental criticism from any other person. A student may not, with honesty, knowingly employ story material, wording, or dialogue taken from published work, including websites; film, video, and DVDs; radio and television programs; and lectures or other sources, without full acknowledgment.

  1. Examinations, Quizzes, and tests in writing examinations and quizzes, the student is required to
  2. Respond entirely on the basis of his or her own memory and capacity, without any assistance whatsoever except such as is specifically authorized by the instructor.

  1. Cheating on tests examinations and quizzes can cost a student to get suspension from the college authority associated with some penalties for his/her dishonest behavior.


  1. Take-home examinations or assignments laboratory work and Assignments Notebooks, homework, reports of investigations or experiments, and computer code projects must meet the same standards as all other written work. If any of the work is done jointly or if any part of the experiment or analysis is made by anyone other than the writer, acknowledgment of this fact must be made in the report submitted. Obviously, it is dishonest for a student to falsify or invent data.

  1. Registration documents. Change of Course Permits, also known as Add/Drop slips, become
  2. official College documents once they are processed by the Registrar’s Office. Registration transactions are mechanically clocked and dated; the original copy is retained by the Registrar.

  1. Students are handed a receipt, which is also an official document. Any alteration of the receipt to use as evidence of adding or dropping a course, of changing a grade option, or of gaining entrance to a course constitutes a serious violation of the Academic Code. Other offenses
  2. In addition to fraudulent uses of sources or tampering with registration documents as described above, academic dishonesty includes a number of other offenses that circumvent procedures
  3. set up to produce fair grades

  1. All cases of suspected academic dishonesty in the College shall be referred to the Case Administrator of the Academic Code, who shall be an academic consultant who appointed by the College Principal.

  1. Staffs and students are urged to report their suspicions so that all members of the College community will feel equally responsible for academic honesty, and so that repeat offenders may be identified.

  1. The person alleging a violation of the Code shall provide copies of the work in question and describe in an accompanying narrative the nature of the alleged violation. In cases of plagiarism, the person making the charge shall provide copies of original sources, if available, marking plagiarized phrases, sentences, and/or paragraphs, and shall indicate borrowings in the text of the accused and in original sources.

  1. In the case of an examination, the person making the charge shall provide copies of the examination in question, indicate specifically the grounds for the charge, and explain his or her process of discovery. Other alleged offenses against the Academic Code shall be documented with equal  thoroughness and in equal detail.

  1. All cases of suspected academic dishonesty will be screened by the Case Administrator, in consultation with staff involved in the case and expert witnesses if needed. The Case Administrator determines whether or not a case requires a formal hearing. Such decisions are not considered final or binding and may be changed on the basis of new information or a shift in judgment.

  1. The accused student is permitted to consult a Lisbon Staff or administrative advisor on matters of preparation for the hearing, hearing procedures, and possible outcomes. The Case Administrator will provide the accused student with a list of persons from within the College who, by prior experience and interest, can provide knowledgeable advice.


  1. Hearings, deliberations and decisions on penalties, culpability, or innocence shall be made by a Standing Committee on the Academic Code, consisting of a dean from the accused student’s
  2. college (but not the Case Administrator), plus two staff members to be chosen from a standing pool of six. In the event that two faculty members are not available at the  scheduled time for a Code Committee hearing, an academic  consultant may fill the place of one or both of the faculty members.  

  1. No person serving as an accused student’s advisor can also serve as a member of the Academic Code Committee for that hearing. The Academic Code Committee’s procedures are administrative in nature and concern internal College affairs; accordingly, the deliberations of the Standing Committee need not be subject to formal rules of civil procedure or evidence. The meetings/hearings need not be open to the public, the accused does not have a right to legal counsel at the meetings/hearings, nor shall legal counsel be part of the appeal process. committee findings.

  1. Appeals Process. An undergraduate student who has been found in violation of the Academic Code may appeal the Committee’s ruling to the Dean of the College.

  1. Academic Honesty. Honesty is an expectation at Lisbon Business School College. This means that each student at Lisbon will adhere to the principles and rules of the College  and pursue academic work in a straightforward  and  truthful  manner,  free  from  deception  or  fraud.


  1. Forms of Academic Dishonesty Cheating:  Presenting  others’  work  as  one's  own  or  assisting  another  student  to  do  so  in   the classroom,  lab  or  the  Testing  Services.  Cheating may  also  occur  when  a  student  violates  the conditions governing an examination. Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to the following: using oral, written, visual, or other forms of communication intended to give or receive, improper assistance, looking at or copying another's work, use of unauthorized materials (texts, notes, calculators, etc.), taking an exam for another student, having someone else take the student’s exam, altering one's work after an exam has been returned and before resubmitting it, obtaining and/or using an upcoming exam ahead of test time


  1. Misrepresentation: Falsifying information. This includes, but is not limited to the following:  having another person represent or stand in for oneself in circumstances where  one's attendance and/or performance is required,  misrepresenting class attendance, presenting false academic credentials, submitting someone else's work as one’s own, submitting  work  originally  submitted  for  one  course  to  satisfy  the  requirements  of another  course  without prior  consent of the  current  instructor. It  is assumed that  the current instructor expects the work to be original, forging or using another's signature, altering or destroying academic records and documents, presenting false data, experimental or physical results Out-of-Class

  1. Work:  Collaborating on or aiding out-of-class work when prohibited by the Instructor. Such unauthorized activity includes, but is not limited to the following: receiving unauthorized outside help on take-home exams or assignments, consulting with others’ about homework, laboratory reports, etc., copying another's homework, laboratory reports, etc. and submitting it as one's own Plagiarism:  Using another person's ideas, evidence, or words without proper  acknowledgment or  conveying  the  false  impression  that  the  arguments  and  writing  in  a  paper  are  one’s  own.  Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to the following: acquiring by purchase or otherwise, a part of or an entire document of work  which is
  2. represented as one's own representing  the  ideas,  data,  or  writing  of  another  person  as  one's  own  work,   even though  some  wording,  method  of  citation,  or  arrangement  of  evidence,   ideas,  or arguments have been altered concealing the true sources of information, ideas, or argument in any piece of work Other  Academic  Violations: 

  1. Violations of academic policy considered as academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to the following:  removing materials from the library without proper authority; infringing on the rights of other students to fair and equal access to academic resources duplicating course materials expressly forbidden by the instructor, using  tape  recorders  or  other  recording  devices  in  a  classroom  when  not  specifically authorized to do so by the faculty member or Disability Resource Center, ignoring or willfully violating class or laboratory instructions or policies















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