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Juss 1. 1. MISCONDUCTS 1.1. The following shall constitute ignorance of severe discipline for misconduct and violations of the University values: 1.1.1. Academic probity The following are misconducts against this value: a. To copy in any kind in the execution of an assignment of any type or denomination (i.e. a test, an exam, a quiz or an academic placement). b. To modify, remove or destroy an assignment before, during or after having taken or handed it. Even if the grades are still pending. c. To modify, remove or destroy grades or transcript reports, certificates, written records, or academic or administrative documents. d. To submit an assignment pretending ownership of other person or people’s idea, or using it without citation or recognizing the original source. e. To falsify the intellectual work such as citing nonexistent authors. To relate to missed work or misrepresent information as part of an assignment or any other action that discloses dishonesty. f. To submit the same assignment, in whole or in part, in more than one course without the consent of all the instructors. g. To manage directly the review of a grade in the presence of the instructor. h. To request or receive private tutoring, individually or in group, with or without payment, of university instructors, even whether they are instructors of the courses that the student is registered or not. 1.1.2. Respect for the academic setting: The following are misconducts against this value: Diego a. Damage, destroy or use improperly the buildings, the constructions, the environment, the furniture, the equipment, the installations, the information systems, and the email. In general, services and goods of the University, their members, and third parties that are inside the university campus.

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Juss1. 1. MISCONDUCTS1.1. The following shall constitute ignorance of severe discipline for misconduct and violations of the

University values: 1.1.1. Academic probityThe following are misconducts against this value:

a. To copy in any kind in the execution of an assignment of any type or denomination (i.e. a test, an exam, a quiz or an academic placement).

b. To modify, remove or destroy an assignment before, during or after having taken or handed it. Even if the grades are still pending.

c. To modify, remove or destroy grades or transcript reports, certificates, written records, or academic or administrative documents.

d. To submit an assignment pretending ownership of other person or people’s idea, or using it without citation or recognizing the original source.

e. To falsify the intellectual work such as citing nonexistent authors. To relate to missed work or misrepresent information as part of an assignment or any other action that discloses dishonesty.

f. To submit the same assignment, in whole or in part, in more than one course without the consent of all the instructors.

g. To manage directly the review of a grade in the presence of the instructor.h. To request or receive private tutoring, individually or in group, with or without payment, of

university instructors, even whether they are instructors of the courses that the student is registered or not.

1.1.2. Respect for the academic setting:The following are misconducts against this value:

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a. Damage, destroy or use improperly the buildings, the constructions, the environment, the furniture, the equipment, the installations, the information systems, and the email. In general, services and goods of the University, their members, and third parties that are inside the university campus.b. Destroy, steal or modify the information of the University’s systems, or third parties, through any medium.c. Access to information of university's systems without the corresponding authorization or infriging keys or access codes.d. Use the information systems of the University to damage the image, the honor, or the patrimony of the university, their members, or third parties.e. Not provide university documents of personal identification when these are required by authorized personnel.

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2 a. Carry out individual or collective that impede or disrupt the normal development of institutional activities.b. Carry out proselytism in favor of any political party within the campus.1.1.3 The civilized treatmentAny kind of aggression is against this value. That is, aggressions that make an attempt on the physical or moral integrity, the esteem, the image or the honor of individuals or institutions by any means.1.1.4 Respect for the lawThe following are offenses against this value:a. Be convicted in court for intentional crime.

Andrea A.b. Belong to illegal groupsc. Smoke in close and open areas of the university.

1.1.5 Moral conduct Offenses against this value are: a. Showing publicly behavior or conducts not accepted by society as moral.

b. Failing, falsifying or hiding the truth

c.Possessing, using, offering or selling drugs or illegal substances on campus.

d. Performing any form of sexual harassment.

e.Showing behaviors contrary to the principles or values cultivated by university. 1.2 The successful completion or the intention to realize the behaviors mentioned in this chapter are considered serious misconduct. Also, the misconduct is consider for the direct author of such conduct, as same as his/her accomplices and those omitting the obligation to denounce them promptly. 2. SANCTIONS 2.1 According to its severity, the misconducts receive the following sanctions: a. Temporary removal or suspension of one or more ordinary academic semesters. b. Definitive removal or expulsion.

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If authorities that apply the sanction found a particular case of extenuating circumstances, they can apply the sanction of reprimand, and if it is the case, reprimand and disapproval grade of 0 in the subject.

In accordance with the provisions of 5.1 Final Disposal , authorities apply the sanction, if TITLE : STUDENT DISCIPLINE RULES CODE : SICA -REG -04 VERSION 1 PAGE 2 of 7 Reviewed by: V ° B ° Approved by: V B ° ° Date: 10/24/13 It is prohibited the reproduction without permission of the Director of Quality Assurance 2.2 Sactions are applied after the proof and verification of the misconduct. Right of defense of the student involved is respected. Sanctions consist of resolution of competent authority motivated and with base on this regulation.

Cassio2.3. Sanctions are registered in the student's personal record. The effects are applied in accordance to his/her academic condition at the time of the events.2.4. Each misconduct can only be sanctioned once. In case of committing misconducts again, sanctions will be comulative. 2.5. Each sanction is registered in the student's personal record and sent by written notification to the student involved, his/her mother, father or legal representative.2.6. Notifications will be sent to:a. The last mailing address indicated by the student involved, his/her father, mother, and/or legal representative in the university records.b. The mailing address indicated by the student involved during the sanctioning process.2.7. The reprimand constitutes a call to the student due to reported misconduct. Furthermore, this reprimand warns the student that his/her behaviour is under examination. In case of reporting the same or a different misconduct, the sanction will be more severe.2.8. Failing the subject with the grade 00 (zero) and receiving a reprimand, constitute a severe call to the student due to reported misconduct against the academic probity. In case of reporting the same or a different misconduct, the sanction will be more severe.

Sammy2.9 Suspension deprives student of all his/her rights until the end of the academic term in which it is applied, or in the next extraordinary academic semester. For all purposes, the signed up courses in this semester will be considered as taken and failed, assigned them the grade and the corresponding weighted average of 99.

2.10 Definitive suspension involves the total suspension or dismissal of the student involved of the University, and the student is deprived of all his/her rights.

2.11 The accumulation of two reprimands causes automatically the suspension of the student involved until the end of the academic term, in which the second one is applied, or the suspension on the next semester. For all purposes, the signed up courses in this semester will be considered as taken and failed, assigned them the grade of 99.

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2.12 The accumulation of a reprimand and a suspension for misconduct against the academic probity causes automatically the definitive suspension of the student involved.

2.13 The accumulation of two suspensions causes automatically the definitive suspension of the student involved.

2.14 The application of the sanctions does not exclude, as the case may be, the demand of the committed damages repair and payment of the corresponding compensation, as well as the derived academic and legal consequences.

Gressia2.15 Helpful information provided to identify students responsible for offense is kept confidential by the Board.Likewise, it can be taken into account to -totally or partially- deprive of any effect the sanction corresponding to the student who provides information and who is directly or indirectly responsible for the offense.

3. SANCTIONING PROCEDURE

Every sanctioning procedure is carried out under a file identified with a number code.

Competent authorities for the sanctioning procedure are:

A. In the first instancea. Vice-Rectorsb. Deans, the Director of the Postgraduate School, Program Directors, Area Directors and Directors.

B. In the last instance, immediately above authority of the foregoing entities.

According to the nature of identified facts and circumstances on each case, the University considers two sanctioning procedures:

a. The simple procedure, in case of individual behaviors deserving a written warning sanction ¾with or without a grade equivalent to zero in the subject ¾ or in case of an automatic sanction according to the articles 2.11, 2.12 and 2.13 in this Behavior Code.b. Complex procedure, in case of behaviors performed by more than one individual in the same or related facts, or in case of sanction application of temporary or permanent suspension.

3.1. Simple Procedure

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In the simple procedure, the following acts are comply:

a. The competent authority, at its own initiative or at the request of documented injunction by a professor, an administration officer or a student, after proceeding with the proper investigations and respecting the right of the person concerned/student involved, by order, describes the facts, qualifies the disciplinary penalty, applies it and supports its decision.

b. The person concerned/student involved accepts the penalty established by the competent authority or otherwise, within three working days after the notification of the relevant decision, requests in writing to the competent authority who defined the penalty to reconsider its decision basing its request by submitting the new evidence. Similarly, in the same period, the person concerned/student involved may appeal to the immediate superior of the competent authority who was mentioned in the first instance.

c. If the request for reconsideration is adverse, the person concerned/student involved may appeal this decision in writing within three working days after the notification of the resolution before the immediate superior of the competent authority. Automatically applied penalties are not subject to appeal.

d. In the event of appeal, the immediate superior quotes to the person concerned/student involved in writing only once to hear his/her defense.

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e. After the citation to the hearing described above, with the depositions presented or without them, the authority by means of the corresponding resolution decide an appeal and support his decision. The decision shall be final and unappealable. 3.2 Complex procedure In the complex procedure, the following actions are taken:

a. The competent authority, proceeding ex officio or by documented requirement of a professor, an administrative employee or from another student, by means of resolution, describes the facts, classifies the behavior subject of sanction and asks to the Academic Vice-rector, Administrative Vice-rector, University Services Vice-rector or, if it is the case, to the Postgraduate School Director for the creation of an investigation committee in charge of conducting the case file. The investigation committee is appointed for each case and is constituted by no less than three and no more than five professors or University employees. b. An Attorney of the University is appointed, could be a professor, an employee or an external consultant of the university. The Attorney of the University is responsible for accepting the terms of the complaint, enforcing the respect of the regulation and the institution interests, for an appropriate prosecution of the proceeding and its conclusion.

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c. The investigation committee summons the student involved and the Attorney of the University for the enquiry of the case, makes a narrative report indicating the confirmed facts and the persons involved by pointing the responsibles, accomplices or accessories in the case, and send it to the authority that appointed him within a period no longer than fifteen days. This authority sends it to the competent authority that started the procedure.

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d. The competent authority that started the procedure by means of a resolution describe the facts, classifies the sanction, describes the possible sanctions, and sets a meeting with the student involved to hear his/her only opportunity for a deposition. Furthermore, he/she would set a meeting with the Attorney of the University to hear his/her opinion.e. The student involved presents his/her deposition, and the Attorney of the University presents his/her allegation; and within three working days after the date of the notification of the resolution mentioned above.f. With the deposition and resolution presented or without them, and after the hearing described above with or without the participation of the student involved and the Attorney of the University, the competent authority that started the procedure by means of a resolution duly supported decide, in this case, the corresponding sanction.g. The student involved and the Attorney of the University accept the applied sanction, or in the other case, within three working days after the date of the notification of the corresponding resolution, they can write a request to the competent authority that defined the sanction to reconsider his/her decision supporting the request by means of the presentation of a new evaluation. After the indicated period expires, the establish sanction is notified.

Andrea G.h. The student involved and the Attorney of the University may appeal in writing to the resolution which establish the sanction or resolve the reconsideration within the three business days next to the notification. Thus, the case will be revised by the immediate competent authority (hierarchical) superior who defined the sanction. The written document must be presented to the competent authority who will refer the file to his immediate (hierarchical) superior.i. The immediate (hierarchical) superior summons to the student involved to present his defense. In case of non-appearance, the mentioned authority will summon the student involved

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for second and last time. The student involved may present his defense by means of writings that he considered appropriate.Equally, the immediate (hierarchical) superior summons to the Attorney of the University to present his defense statement. In case of non-appearance, the mentioned authority will summon the Attorney of the University for second and last time. The Attorney of the University may present the University’s defense by means of writings that he considered appropriate.j. After hearing the student involved and the Attorney of the University, or in case of have been summoned with non-appearance twice, the immediate (hierarchical) superior will judge the matter …of the records and additional evidences received and collected, which must necessarily notify to the student involved and the Attorney of the University. Thus, within a period no longer than three business day after received the notification, they may convey their corresponding positions before declarations.k. The immediate (hierarchical) superior declared his endorsement, partial or total revocation of the competent authority resolution.l. The immediate (hierarchical) superior resolutions shall be final and unappealable.

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After the resolution of the immediate (hierarchical) superior has been issued, the file is sent to the Academic Secretariat to notify the person concerned, to entry the sanction into the student’s personal record and, if appropriate, to publish it.

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4. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS The events occurred prior to the enforcement of these Regulations as well as the procedures

being carried out are subject to these Regulations.

5. FINAL PROVISIONS 5.1 The misconducts mentioned in these Regulations are serious offences that result in the

application of sanctions such as temporary or permanent dismissal. This occurs unless the

responsible authority considers that there are extenuating circumstances in a particular case

that only warrant a reprimand, or a reprimand and a grading of 00 in the course.

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5.2 The sanctions applied in execution of what is set forth in these Regulations do not substitute

or exonerate from the exercise of the appropriate legal, civil and/or criminal actions.

5.3 These Regulations are interpreted and modified by resolution of the Academic Vice-Rector’s

Office.

5.4 These Regulations are enforced on August, 16, 2010.

Proofread by: Ana Cecilia Mac Lean / Secretary General of UPCApproved by: José Pereyra / Academic Vice-Rector - Gonzalo Galdos / RectorDate: 10/24/2013