LikemostotherUScollegestudentsEricRogersknowsthatsubmittingatermpapertakenofftheInternetisplagiarism（抄袭）andcauseforsuspension（停学）orafailinggrade．

Whataboutusingaparagraph?“Justaparagraph”hesaid．“Takingaparagraphandchangingwords．I’vedonethatbefore;itwasn’tabigdeal”hedecidedfinally．“AslongasIcanchangeitintomywordschangeafewit’snotcheating．”

UnderthehonorcodehesignedwhenheenteredDukeUniversitylastyearitis．Butformanycollegestudentstheonce-clearlinesthatexplaincheatinghavefaded．Somecollegesanduniversitieshavemadeuseofsophisticated（精良的）searchenginestoferretoutcheats．Butanincreasingnumberareturningtosomethingdecidedlymorelow-tech:theirhonorcodes．Somecampusesareadoptingcodesforthefirsttime．OthersamongthemDukeadmittingthattheircodeshaveexistedmostlyinnameonlyarerewritingandforcingthemtobuy．

Cheatinghasbecomesocommonexpertssaythatitoftengoesunreportedandunpunished．Surveysshownotonlythatthereismorecheatingthesedaysbutalsothatstudentsandteachersalikehavebecomemoreacceptingofsomepracticesonceconsideredoutoflimits．OnesuchsurveywasperformedfortheCentreforAcademicIntegrityanorganizationbasedatDukethathelpscreatehonorcodes．Inthatsurvey27percentofstudentsquestionedduringthe2001—2002academicyearsaidthatfalsifying（伪造）laboratorydatahappened“oftenorveryoften”oncampus．

Thenewhonorcodesaimtopunishmorewhilealsoforcingstudentsandfacultymemberstothinkaboutthekindsofoffensesthatarecheating．Atlargeuniversitiesandsmallliberalartcollegesalikeeducatorstalkaboutrestoringa“cultureofhonor”．

“It’sapsychologicaleffect:ifpeopleexpectyoutobehonorableyouaremorelikelytorespondwithhonorablebehavior”saidNannerlO．KeohanethepresidentofDuke．

AtDukeanew“communitystandard”foracademichonestywilltakeeffectnextfall．

Underitthestaffwillnolongerhavetoproctorexamsbutstudentswillfacepunishmentiftheyseecheatinganddonotreportit．Factuallymemberswillhavegreaterpowertodisciplinefirst-timecheatsauthoritythattheuniversityhopeswillencouragethemtofaceoffenders．