Academic Honesty and Ethical Practice

Academic Honesty and the IBO

The International Baccalaureate Organization firmly advocates ethical behavior as part of the IB Diploma Program. Candidates are required to act in a responsible and ethical manner throughout their participation in the Diploma Programme and examinations. In particular candidates must avoid any form of malpractice. 

The benefits of participating in the IB Diploma Program come from the student’s work and activities. From English A through Visual Arts and from TOK through CAS Activities, candidates learn not only content, but learn about themselves. They learn to organize their time, prioritize activities, and find out what they can accomplish with hard work. In the effort to provide our students with the most beneficial and rigorous IB Diploma program we enforce IB ethical standards. 

Article 26: Definition of Malpractice

The IBO defines malpractice as behaviour that results in, or may result in, the candidate or any other candidate gaining an unfair advantage in one or more assessment components. Malpractice includes the following: 

a)  Plagiarism: this is defined as the representation of the ideas or work of another person as the candidate's own.

b) Collusion: this is defined as supporting malpractice by another candidate, as in allowing one's work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another.

c) Duplication of work: this is defined as the presentation of the same work for different assessment components and/or diploma requirements.

d) Any other behaviour that gains an unfair advantage for a candidate or that affects the results of another candidate (for example, taking unauthorized material into an examination room, misconduct during an examination, 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).

All work the candidate does towards the IB Diploma or IB certificates must be the authentic work of the candidate. 

The IBO will not accept work for assessment or moderation unless the teacher (or supervisor in 

the case of an extended essay) concerned is willing to confirm that, to the best of his or her knowledge, it is the authentic work of the candidate. All work submitted to the IBO for moderation or assessment must be authenticated by a teacher, and must not include any known instances of suspected or confirmed malpractice.

Issues of authenticity, if identified before the submission of work for as- sessment or moderation, must be resolved within the school without exception. 

The IBO and the American International School of Lagos High School take Ethical Practice seriously. By following ethical practices each day, students will continue to build a foundation for life to get the most from their academic 

endeavors and to be good neighbors and citizens. 

Academic Honesty at AISL