Students enrolled in the MSPH Programme assume an obligation to conduct themselves in a manner
appropriate to The Health Services Academy’s mission as an institution of higher education in public
health. A student is obligated to refrain from acts which he or she knows, or under the circumstances has
reason to know, impair the academic integrity of the Institution.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to: cheating; plagiarism; knowingly furnishing
false information to any agent of the Academy for inclusion in the academic record; violation of the rights
and welfare of human subjects in research; and misconduct as a member of any institutional committees
or recognized groups or organizations.
1.4.2 Incident Handling Procedure
All members of the Health Services Academy are responsible for immediately informing the Ethics and
Disciplinary Committee of any suspected violations of its policy.
The Disciplinary Committee is responsible for implementing its policy according to the procedures set forth
herein. This includes formal hearings of suspected violations. Students and faculty should become familiar
with this policy.
Allegations of unsatisfactory performance or unacceptable behavior by faculty, sexual harassment, fraud in
research and violations of academic integrity by students will be handled and resolved by the Disciplinary
Committee.
Allegations of misconduct by staff will be dealt with by policies and procedures established by the Services
Rules and Regulations of the Academy’s Human Resources Manual.
1.4.3 Constitution of the Academic Ethics Committee
It is the joint responsibility of faculty and students of the Health Services Academy to maintain the
academic integrity of the Institution in all respects. An ethical code must exist in the Academy community
to guarantee high standards of conduct and to limit membership in the community to those persons able
and willing to maintain these standards.
An ethical code is based upon the support of the academic community, students and faculty alike, who
must accept two kinds of responsibility: each member must live honourably and must also take action
when necessary to ensure that the community is not injured by misconduct.
The Academy has the responsibility to provide a personal copy of this Code to every student. Once
provided with a copy, the student has the responsibility to read the Code, become familiar with its
provisions, and complete any required academic ethics training in the time frame specified by the School.
Thus, all students will be presumed to have knowledge of the provisions of this code as a consequence of
enrolment in the MSPH Programme. Lack of familiarity with the provisions of this code will not serve as a
defense to any violation of academic integrity as defined by the code.
