The ethical guidelines for university studies  help you understand how to operate at university. It is your responsibility to read the guidelines and to comply with them throughout your studies.

You can read more about the investigation and consequences of academic fraud in LUT’s procedures for academic fraud.

The guidelines are divided into three principles and compliance with these ensures that your actions are ethical:

1. Use information correctly
2. Act in compliance with regulations and guidelines
3. Be honest and fair

Despite these instructions, you may come across situations that pose an ethical problem. On such occasions, it is your duty to seek and the university’s responsibility to organise guidance and advice to enable the resolution of the situation in a manner that is ethical and appropriate for all parties involved.

What are the consequences of unethical conduct and academic fraud?

Unethical conduct violates trust between people and harms interaction. A student who repeatedly acts in an unethical manner gains a reputation that makes him or her an undesirable partner for group work or projects. Repeated unethical conduct also inevitably affects the teaching staff’s treatment of the student and their willingness to agree on flexible study arrangements, for example. A bad reputation may also spread outside the university and have an adverse effect on job opportunities.

Proven academic fraud results in disciplinary action. Possible consequences are a written caution, warning and temporary suspension. In the case of double degree or exchange students, the student’s own university is also notified of the disciplinary action.

Read the ethical guidelines carefully in advance because when you enrol for university studies, you undertake to comply with them!

An introduction to ethical guidelines at LUT