29 | STEVENS STUDENT HANDBOOK by any actual or perceived protected characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, that takes place on Stevens property or at any function sponsored by Stevens, and that: a. a reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect of physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging the student’s property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to their person or damage to their property; b. has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students; or c. creates a hostile educational environment for the student by interfering with a student’s access to education or university activities or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the student. 4. Violence Physical violence or threats of physical violence are prohibited, including, but not limited to, kicking, punching, biting, hitting, or any use of force with intent to cause harm. 5. Academic Dishonesty All Stevens students, whether undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral, must follow the appropriate honor code to remain in good academic standing. Faculty and staff are expected to uphold and enforce this policy appropriately. • Stevens Honor System The Stevens Honor System applies to all undergraduate students, including those who participate in the 500 and 600 level graduate classes. Students must follow the Honor System and write the pledge on their submitted work: “I pledge my honor that I have abided by the Stevens Honor System.” Violations of the Honor System include giving or receiving aid on exams or homework assignments, plagiarism, stealing or purchasing exams or homework assignments, and violating exam room conditions. • Graduate Student Code of Academic Integrity The Stevens policy on academic integrity for graduate students requires that students be fully truthful and avoid dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, and deceit of any type in relation to their academic work. A student’s submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own. All outside assistance must be acknowledged. Any student who violates this code or who knowingly assists another student in violating this code shall be subject to discipline. • Policy on Research Misconduct The research misconduct policy applies to Stevens faculty, academic staff, students, postdoctoral scholars, visiting scholars and others conducting research at the institution. Research misconduct includes but is not limited to the following: 1. Fabrication - making up data or results and recording or reporting them; and 2. Falsification - manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record; and 3. Plagiarism - the appropriation or another person’s ideas, processes, results or words without giving appropriate credit. 6. Alcohol and Other Drug Offenses The following are prohibited: a. Use, possession or sale of marijuana, narcotics or dangerous, illegal or controlled substances or
