Academic Integrity policy

As young adults preparing for university studies or entry into the workforce, Diploma Programme students both enjoy the freedom and bear the responsibility of studying a course that emphasizes independence and self-reliance... DP students experience a set of emotional pressures—the pressure to perform on summative assessments, the stress of the university admission process and time pressures—exerted by a system that can be seen to reward the individual’s end result over the work (individual or collective) required to get there… Thus, teaching and learning in the DP must develop the positive behavior that students will need to demonstrate clearly that they complete their work carefully, honestly and authentically (IB, 2014).

In their academic work, DP students develop research skills and study habits that are needed to demonstrate academic honesty in more formal ways than would be appropriate to expect of younger learners. DP students investigate and evaluate the usefulness of a greater variety of resources and incorporate and reference them within oral and written presentations of increasingly complex formats. This level of rigour can present a challenge to students who certainly know right from wrong, but who may not possess the organizational and self-management skills to demonstrate clearly that their work meets a formal standard of academic honesty. All IB students understand the importance of acknowledging others because it is a central feature of the constructivist, inquiry-based approach promoted in all IB programmes; yet, in the DP, this requires the explicit teaching and learning of specific conventions accepted in a community of learners for being transparent about the use of ideas and work of others—note making, in-text citation and the preparation of a bibliography, to name but a few examples (IB, 2014).

The mission statement of Mora gymnasium

The upper secondary school administration in Mora municipality and its activities, Mora gymnasium, Mora vuxenutbildning, Mora Anpassad gymnasieskola, Mora Yrkeshögskola and Mora Högskolecentrum, shall be characterized by high quality with the student in center.

The upper secondary school administration is a successful administration where our aim is that every student who starts an education should receive the help and knowledge that the student needs to develop towards their full potential in their studies, their future job and as a world citizen. Our aim is for students to learn for life and understand the value of living in a global society. Our vision is for each student to develop towards their full potential and our daily work is characterized by the four bywords: Safety, respect, dedication and quality. We work together in a positive spirit so that everyone will feel joy, respect, participation but also responsibility in the work.

In our day-to-day work, everyone's equal value and respect for each other should be one of our guiding principles, and the school should be a safe environment.

Leadership should be health-promoting, meaningful, communicative and clear.

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A Guide for IBDP Students at Mora Gymnasium

All students enrolled in the IB diploma program are subject to its General regulations: Diploma programme (IB, 2025a, B1.16). The regulation refers to the publication Academic integrity (IB, 2019) which defines student academic misconduct as following: The IB defines student academic misconduct Länk till annan webbplats. as deliberate or inadvertent behaviour that has the potential to result in the student, or anyone else, gaining an unfair advantage in one or more components of assessment. Behaviour that may disadvantage another student is also regarded as academic misconduct. It also includes any act that potentially threatens the integrity of IB examinations and assessments that happens before, during or after the completion of the assessment or examination, paper-based or on-screen (IB, 2019, p, 3).

In order to satisfy this requirement, four kinds of malpractice must be avoided, namely, plagiarism, collusion, duplication and cheating in exams, expressed to students as follows:

Plagiarism

Your work should be authentic. Plagiarism is theft. It involves the use, without due acknowledgement, of someone else’s words or ideas as though they were your own (IB, 2019). In principle, there is no distinction between stealing someone’s work and stealing their property – both belong to someone else. Note that “plagiarism varies greatly and can stretch from word-for-word, or verbatim copying, to poor paraphrasing attempts through simple word substitution. Copying work is not restricted to published text on the internet or elsewhere, but can include the reuse of work submitted in past examination sessions by the same or other student(s) that might not be published. Copying pieces of art such as paintings and music is also considered plagiarism as is copying computer programming codes. Plagiarism even occurs when students memorize text and then reproduce it in written or oral examinations or when a source is translated and used in the target language of the assessment” (IB, 2019 p. 45, 46). In a sense, everyone’s words and ideas come from someone else but the key phrase here is “without due acknowledgement”. It is not acceptable to copy a phrase or sentence from a book and use it as though it was your own words. It is perfectly acceptable to quote a phrase or sentence from a source as long as you properly acknowledge it using an accepted academic convention for referencing. You will receive guidance on different ways of quoting and conventions for referring to them from subject teachers.

Collusion

Collusion is supporting dishonest behavior by another candidate. It involves such things as copying the work of another student and submitting it for assessment as one’s own or allowing one’s work to be copied and submitted for assessment purposes by someone else (IB, 2019). It includes also working together with someone else to produce a joint piece of work, which will then be submitted as separate and supposedly independent pieces of work by the students involved. Collusion is not acceptable and is dishonest academic behavior. You are expected to work independently of other students.

Duplication

Duplication of work is when you turn in or present the same work for different assessment components and/or DP core requirements (IB, 2019).

Note that for all classroom activities/assignments and homework all malpractices mentioned above are not to be used. Your teachers cannot help you in your academic development if you act academically dishonest. YOU WILL NOT BE PREPARED FOR THE MAY EXAMS.

NOTE that: For all coursework and oral components (non-written examination components), teachers and supervisors should follow the flow diagram (figure 7) as a standard practice for checking authenticity of the candidate’s work (see appendix 3 from IB, 2025a C.5.2.1).

The IB and the use of AI (tools)

“The goal of academic integrity is to make knowledge, understanding and thinking transparent. Students must understand how to correctly reference and ethically use any external information in their work, including text/images obtained from artificial intelligence (AI) tools. For the IB, transparency is the key, and we expect students to give full credit to any source/material that they have used when writing and creating their own work” (IB, 2023).

Any type of work produced by AI must by referenced in the text by a citation. Note that it is not enough the make a reference at the end of a paper. It must be clear if text is produced by AI and be clearly referenced in the main body and added in the bibliography. If this is not done, the student would be misrepresenting content which is a form of academic misconduct. For more information about the IB and AI, see Appendix 6 (IB, 2019).

NOTE following quotes from IBO about referencing AI:

“The in-text citation should contain quotation marks using the referencing style already in use by the school, for example: “the development of the tools and variables required for.........” (text taken/paraphrased from ChatGPT, 2023)“ (IB, 2023).

“The reference in the bibliography should also contain the prompt given to the AI tool and the date it generated the text, for example: OpenAI. (23 February 2023). ChatGPT response to example prompt about example topic“ (IB, 2023).

Behaviour in exams

The guidelines for what are expected of you in exams is clearly covered by the IB in the paper Conduct of IB examinations booklet 2026 (IB, 2025b). Examples of misconduct during an IB examination are taking unauthorized material into an examination, behavior that disrupts the examination or distracts other candidates, or communicating with another candidate. As well as other behavior that can gain an unfair advantage for a candidate or that affects the results of another candidate as, for example, falsifying a CAS record, disclosure of information to and receipt of information from candidates about the content of an examination paper within 24 hours after a written examination via any form of communication/media (IB, 2025b, 12.1).

General note concerning the why of academic integrity

IB assessments can only be fair if all students are provided with an equal opportunity; and to be valid, they need to provide an accurate reflection of a student’s achievement (IB, 2019, p. 5). For universities and employers to be able to trust in the IBDP as an academic qualification it is important for all schools and students to follow the principles of academic integrity or else the diploma will lose its credibility. Students must learn to show respect for other persons´ work it is acceptable to use it if you always appropriately acknowledge the work in your own work (IB, 2019).

Division of Responsibilities

It is clear from the previous sections that in order to prevent these academic misconducts from occurring there is a division of responsibilities among the IBDP Coordinator, teachers, students, IB examiners and the IB. This division needs to be made more explicit.

Firstly, it is the responsibility of Mora gymnasium to ensure secure storage of all confidential IB material as well as the conduct of IB examinations (IB, 2025b, IB 2025c). Breaches of this are seen as maladministration of Mora gymnasium and should be reported directly to the the IB. Mora gymnasium should be of assistance in helping the IB investigate any reported student misconduct as well as school maladministration as well as follow the guidance provided by the IB (IB, 2019). Mora gymnasium is to make sure that the student is aware of what is and what is not regarded as academically honest behaviour. This is the purpose of producing this document and the student will be required to sign a paper saying that he/she has read this document and will adhere to it (see appendix 1). In addition to that every student must sign declarations of authenticity from for every item of coursework submitted that is to be submitted to the IBO (see template form in appendix 2). These declarations are to be submitted by every teacher to the IBDP coordinator for safe-keeping (IB, 2025a, C5.2).

It is the responsibility of the school to ensure that these declarations have been properly made, recorded and stored, and that they are available to the IB if the authenticity of the work is called into question during the assessment process.

Schools must ensure that the authentication from a candidate is for the work submitted for assessment. No replacement work will be accepted by the IB after the authenticity of a piece of work is called into question or the deadline for submission has passed (IB, 2021, p. 9).

It is the teacher’s responsibility to make sure that the students are aware of what is and what is not regarded as academically honest behavior in so far as each subject has its own criteria for what is and what is not acceptable behavior. The teacher should:

• Inform the students clearly what applies, what rules exist for the use of other sources and what can happen if you are caught with cheating. Be clear with the boundaries so that the students understand what plagiarism is and not.
• Teach in depth about referencing and ensure that the students get a high level of competence when it comes to using, processing, and referring to other sources in their reports and essays (IB, 2022a).
• Discuss plagiarism from a copyright perspective and explain that it is against the non-profit copyright to put your own name during a work that someone else has done.
• Talk about the students' attitude toward cheating and plagiarism, not just about the legal aspects but also the ethical and moral aspects of it.
• Make sure to be involved in the process during the students' essay work through supervision.
• Strive to design tasks that make it difficult or impossible to cheat.
• Let the students present oral presentations of the work - they must argue with their own words and thus show that they really master the content.
• Mora gymnasium uses digital tools for plagiarism control called Ouriginal (ouriginal.com)(IB, 2025a C5.2.2).

Note that teachers need to have seen student work develop over time. IB coursework is not designed to be completed over night. Students should be able to explain their work and have made references through the text. The work should also be in line of what the teacher expects of the student. If the teacher suspects that the work is not the student´s own the work should not be sent to the IB. It is up to the school to decide if the student is to be given a second choice to write a new assignment under supervision. See appendix 6 (IB, 2019), also in the appendices p. 40 in this document.

It is the responsibility as a student of both Mora gymnasium and the IBDP to make sure to act in accordance with the mission statements of the school as well as in accordance with the guidance and advice of the IBDP coordinator and the teachers.

Practical advice to succeed in this:

The Academically honest student:

DOES

• Document source material in a formal and appropriate manner. Make clear
  which words, ideas, images, and works are not your own.
• Use direct quotation appropriately.
• Understand the concept of plagiarism.
• Give credit for copied, adapted, and paraphrased material.
• Acknowledge explicitly and appropriately help provided by another person.

DOES NOT

• Copy the internal assessment work of other students.
• Give another student his/her own work to copy.
• Use notes or technology during a test unless allowed by the teacher and permitted by the examination rules.
• Do homework for another student.
• Present material written by another person as his/her own.
• Purchase and submit pieces of writing written by someone else.
• Write essays for other students.
• Present artistic or creative work in any medium that has literally been reproduced except in a manner allowed by the teacher or permitted by the examination rules.
• NOTE that: Candidates are not permitted to write in their first or best language and then translate their work, be that using digital translation tools or the services of translators, before submission to the IB for assessment (IB, 2025a B.1 Article 9.1).
  

Parents and legal guardians

Must read the Academic honesty policy together with their children as well as co-sign that they have read this document (see appendix 1). They need to make sure that they understand the expectations and responsibility that their children have toward Mora gymnasium and the IBO when it comes to being academically honest. Parents and legal guardians should support their children in understanding the IB policies (IB, 2019).

What Mora gymnasium will do if Academic dishonesty is established

1. The teacher contacts the student.
2. The student's completed or ongoing work is counted as non-approved. Part of the subject or the entire subject can be withdrawn from grading.
3. Teachers, IBDP coordinator or principal contacts parents of an underage student.
4. The principal has the right to expel students in the event of serious misconduct. (SFS 2010:800, Swedish School Law Chapter 5 § 17) (moragymnasium.se)

Procedures for preventing cheating during writing exams in the assembly hall.

1. On the occasion of the examination, the student must not be left alone.
2. The student must bring the material that has been agreed (IB, 2024).
3. The exam supervisor must move in the assembly hall to avoid cheating.

For full information about the procedures of examinations see Conduct of examination booklet 2026 (IB, 2025b).

If malpractice occurs during the IBDP, all teachers at the IBDP will be informed about any case of malpractice and a letter will be sent to the parents for pupils who are under 18 years old.

Mora gymnasium will also make pupils do some IA under supervised conditions if the school feels that it is necessary in order to guarantee that the work submitted is the pupils´ own work. It is up to the subject teacher to decide if the work in questions is the student´s own. Mora gymnasium can decide to not give the student a second chance on the assignment in question. The teacher, IBDP coordinator together with vice principal will decide on an action in each case that the student´s work is questioned.

Mora gymnasium will follow both the IB regulations and its own mission statement. It is the responsibility of IB teachers and IBDP- coordinator of Mora gymnasium to report to the IBO of any suspected cases of academically dishonest behavior.

What the IB will do if Academic dishonesty is established

Mora gymnasium will follow the appendices in Academic integrity (IB, 2019 Appendix 1.1.2) concerning Penalty matrices (see appendix 4). Any case of academic misconduct will be judged on the evidence that are available and the sanction will be applied according to the penalty matrix.

Cases of suspected academic misconduct will be referred to an internal panel composed of experienced members of staff from the IB Education Office at the IB Global Centre, Cardiff. Their decision is subject to approval by the Academic Honesty Subcommittee. If the internal panel is unable to reach a decision, then the case will be referred to the academic honesty manager. Unprecedented and extraordinary cases will be referred to the Academic Honesty Subcommittee.

The Academic Honesty Subcommittee consists of IB staff and members external to the IB—for example, IB World School teachers, academic integrity experts, university admissions staff and senior examiners. Its role is to ensure that IB decisions are aligned with the published policy, penalty matrices and principles and values of the IB. A strong external voice also ensures transparency and fairness in this emotive area.

If the internal panel or Academic Honesty Subcommittee confirms the case of academic misconduct, a penalty will be applied to the subject(s) concerned. The penalty will be proportionate with the severity of the incident; for further details about the penalties and retake opportunities, please refer to the penalty matrices in the appendices.

If there is substantive evidence, the IB is entitled to conduct an investigation into academic misconduct after a student’s results have been issued. This could be identified, for example, through the enquiry upon results process. If academic misconduct is subsequently established, the student’s grade for the subject(s) concerned may be withdrawn, which may result in the withdrawal of their IB award where applicable. Students will be expected to return their certificates and the IB will issue new documentation (IB, 2019, p. 24).

NOTE: By registering for an IB education, the student recognizes the authority of the IB to apply sanctions, including withdrawal of services, if the organization believes academic misconduct has occurred (IB, 2019 p. 24).

Note that if the candidate has received a penalty for academic misconduct and the student´s grade for a subject is withdrawn that results in that a student cannot receive an IB Diploma (IB, 2019).

Revision

The Academic Integrity policy is to be updated yearly in September-November by the IBDP coordinator and published on moragymnasium.se. The policy is to be worked with in collaboration by the IBDP teaching staff in January and August.

Date of latest revision: November 11, 2025.

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