Need ideas on how to stop CHEATING & start an effective HONOR CODE!

hoedown
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:27:55 +0000

One of the keystones of the honor code at my college (admittedly, a different environment) was that knowing about an honor code violation, and not reporting it, was itself an honor code violation. That meant students who ‘ratted’ on others had a fair excuse: if this comes to light, it’s my hind end that might get in trouble, too. And the honor code violator knew they were putting that person in a pretty bad position (kind of a double-whammy).

Generally, anyone who suspected an honor violation told the involved person to turn themselves in to the Chair of the Judiciary Committee within 24 hours. They were supposed to follow up to make sure it happened.

I don’t know if the same sort of thing would work in a high school environment.