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Mulhim Platform adheres to all matters relating to academic integrity to ensure smooth operations for all users. We expect our members to reciprocate this respect and commitment to academic integrity.

Mulhim Platform pledges to operate in a manner that upholds academic integrity of the educational content by preserving intellectual property rights and conducting internal content reviews to ensure quality and keep pace with new developments. The learning policies also mandate the confidentiality of information and adherence to general ethical standards, laws, and national policies when participating in any educational activities, whether as an instructor or as a learner on the platform.

Definition of Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a fundamental pillar in academic, professional, and community life. It means intellectual honesty and scientific rectitude in the use, transmission, documentation, publication, and production of research. Academic integrity represents an ethical framework that guides proper conduct when dealing with educational content and ensures the protection of intellectual property rights. Thus, it is a fundamental principle for e-learning systems in delivering e-learning and distance education programs on Mulhim Platform.

Academic integrity is the learner’s commitment to high moral standards and educational honesty to achieve academic success responsibly. Remember that education is an investment in your future. If you do not preserve the integrity of your academic journey, you diminish the value of the education you work hard to acquire, and consequently, the value of your certificates will be undermined. Academic integrity is the heart and essential foundation of society, determining the credibility of people in their interactions and the trust the community places in those in leadership positions.

Our role is to support and enhance academic integrity within the training community by creating an environment characterized by trust, honesty, fairness, respect, and responsibility among trainees, trainers, and staff, while enforcing the academic integrity policy of Mulhim Platform.

Mulhim Platform is responsible for creating an environment with high standards of academic integrity by:

• Enhancing academic integrity as an integral part of the personal and intellectual growth of the learner.
• Raising awareness among learners, trainers, and staff regarding issues related to academic integrity.
• Promoting a climate of trust, honesty, and high ethical standards aimed at achieving academic excellence.
• Encouraging commitment to honesty and integrity among all community members and enforcing the provisions of the academic integrity policy.

Mulhim Platform’s Academic Integrity Policy

Regarding academic integrity in the e-training environment, the policy is based on academic values and the concepts of honesty and respect for the intellectual efforts of students and trainers. Both students and trainers are required to uphold this responsibility and reinforce this value, as outlined in this charter, which governs the behavior of trainees enrolled in distance learning and ensures their adherence to the company’s policies. The policy does not tolerate any instances of cheating, impersonation, or any violation of academic integrity.

Principles of Academic Integrity

The platform maintains high academic standards in its courses and expects both trainers and learners to behave fairly, honestly, and in accordance with the principles of academic integrity—especially during assessments (discussions, assignments, and tests) and research.

Work submitted for assessment by a learner must be original and independently produced to demonstrate the skills acquired and achieve the desired educational outcomes.

The platform provides all relevant structures, guidelines, and ongoing technical support to ensure that learners understand the requirements for maintaining academic integrity and recognize that failure to do so constitutes academic misconduct.

The platform supplies all necessary reports and tools to enable fair treatment of those who commit violations of academic integrity.

Examples of Violations of Academic Integrity

Cheating:
Copying others’ work or unauthorized use of any notes, information, or materials during academic examinations or other tasks assigned to the learner.

Plagiarism/Intellectual Theft:
Quoting or using others’ phrases or work without proper authorization or citation in any academic test, without acknowledging the source as a reference.

Misuse of Academic Assistance:
Exploiting a fellow learner’s work with good intentions by, for example, copying a report or an old test without informing the provider of that assistance.

Exploiting Collaboration:
Relying on another learner within a group to complete an assignment or task, or using another student to complete individual assignments.

Fabrication and Falsification:
Altering or inventing information provided in an exam or assignment.

Impersonation:
Claiming to be someone else in class, during an exam, or in any type of academic task.

The procedures and penalties for violating academic integrity in the e-training environment aim to minimize such violations.

The platform reserves the right to take disciplinary action once violations are confirmed.

1. Techniques Used to Prevent Cheating and Impersonation

• Require learners to sign a pledge acknowledging the systems and penalties for cheating and impersonation before starting an exam.
• Design exams that combine randomness with fairness by selecting questions from pre-prepared banks that cover the learning outcomes, with answer methods focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization.
• Emphasize projects and oral exams as part of the evaluation process.
• Ensure that each digital exam form is unique, using new questions that are not pre-solved or available in textbooks and references.
• Prevent the photographing of exam questions, external communication during exams, or the use of unauthorized resources.
• Learners may be required to turn on their video cameras to verify their identity and may be asked to show personal identification.
• Learners might also be asked to pan the camera around the room to ensure that no other person is present and that no unauthorized materials or mobile devices are available.
• Implement a comprehensive awareness campaign for students and training staff regarding the systems and penalties for cheating and impersonation.
• Use technical solutions such as a browser that prevents the opening of any other programs on the desktop during the exam, and which blocks copying of exam content.
• Monitor any events that violate acceptable behavior, with such events reviewed by the training staff, academic integrity experts, and technology experts to ensure the quality of the assessment process.
• Display exam instructions, including all rules and penalties related to cheating and impersonation, on the screen for the learner during the exam.

2. Violations

• Impersonating another person to take an exam or arranging with someone else to take the exam in one’s place.
• Engaging in any behavior that negatively affects the conduct of the exam, whether with the intent to cheat or for any other reason.
• Misbehaving towards any fellow student or exam supervisor.
• Obtaining or attempting to obtain exam questions before the exam begins by any means.
• Accessing or attempting to access exam questions and answering them before the exam has officially started, or answering or attempting to answer questions after the allotted time has expired.
• Committing any act of cheating during the exam, for example:
  - Unauthorized communication (even with the exam supervisor) with others.
  - Accessing or beginning to access any information sources, whether in paper or electronic form (e.g., books, notes) during the exam.
  - Disclosing or attempting to disclose exam questions or answers to another learner.
  - Assisting or attempting to assist another learner in committing any act of cheating during the exam.
  - Attempting to use any unauthorized materials, devices, or methods during the exam (such as mobile devices, recording devices, or cheat sheets).
  - Photographing exam questions or removing exam content by any means.
  - Failing to comply with the exam instructions or the exam supervisor’s directives regarding exam conduct, such as refusing to turn on the camera or failing to cease a behavior after being warned.

3. Penalties

For any violation of the exam rules, the offender may face one or more of the following penalties:

• Issuance of a warning accompanied by a prohibition from taking the exam.
• Marking the learner as failed in some or all parts of the exam.
• Cancellation of the learner’s results in previous exams.
• Prohibition from taking exams for one or more course cycles, not exceeding a maximum of one year.

4. Investigation Procedures and Imposing Penalties

The following procedures are followed in investigating and imposing penalties on offenders:

• If the violation involves an act of cheating or issues related to exam conduct, the exam supervisor will prepare an incident report detailing the violation and request that the offender(s) and any witnesses provide written statements. The report is signed by the exam supervisor and the exam supervision team. The supervision team then submits the report along with the statements to the Examination Committee within four working days of the incident.
• The Examination Committee investigates the violation, prepares an investigation report, and submits its findings and recommendations regarding the severity of the violation and the appropriate penalty.
• If the violation is confirmed, the Examination Committee forwards its findings and recommendations, along with evidence, to the relevant administration.
• The relevant administration then issues a decision imposing the penalty. Once the administration’s decision is final, the offender is notified of the violation and the corresponding penalty.