To: The Kellogg Community

From: Park Shaper, Honor Code Chair

Date: May 28, 1996

Re: Honor Code Annual Report

Pursuant to the Kellogg Honor Code, this annual report will address the implementation of the Honor Code in the last year. Only one formal Honor Code investigation was conducted this year.

This incident was unusual in that the accused was a student from another school within the university enrolled in a Kellogg class. Students of this type were not required to sign the Honor Code statement nor were they formally informed of their obligations according to the Kellogg Honor Code. For these reasons, the Honor Code Chair, the Dean of Kellogg, the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, in a clarification of the Honor Code, decided that the Kellogg Honor Code was not applicable to this situation. The results of the investigation were passed on to the university for their consideration. As a result of this incident, the Honor Code Committee has changed the procedures for enrolling non-Kellogg students in Kellogg classes and has clarified the Kellogg Honor Code so that such students will be aware of their responsibilities under the code and can be held accountable according to the code.

I am happy to assume that the minimal number of reported Honor Code violations is due to the infrequence of their occurrence rather than a reluctance to report. If my assumption is false, then the community is not realizing the full benefits of the Honor Code.

The Honor Code committee has otherwise been involved promoting the code. These efforts have included publishing case examples, setting up an Honor Code web page, holding discussion forums, and other activities. I want to thank the committee members - Brian Bell, Shawn Buck, Rick Michaux, Lisa Myers, and Scott Sangster - for their efforts over the course of the year. Much of the Honor Code committee's efforts must by necessity be surreptitious, so it is difficult for them to be recognized for their contributions. Please join me in thanking them for nurturing such a vital part of the Kellogg community.

I also want to thank Sadhana Dixit and Marty Mullally, the current and former GMA VP of Student Affairs, for their assistance in Honor Code investigations and in all other Honor Code committee issues. Special thanks also to the other members of the GMA executive committee who have filled in when necessary, most notably Julie Herlihy.

Finally, good luck to Shawn Buck, the incoming Chair, and next year's committee. May your tenure be even less eventful than mine. I am very confident that the spirit of the Honor Code will flourish and the benefits realized by the community will be bountiful under the new administration.