A. Some Examples

Examples of actions which violate the Honor Code are listed below. This list is not meant to be complete, but rather illustrative of conduct which is not consonant with the essential principle of our Honor System:

1. Theft;
2. Unauthorized entry into areas traditionally private, (e.g. faculty offices, students' rooms) or those declared closed to one's use (see Section B below for further discussion);
3. Defacing or abusing property not solely one's own;
4. Performance of research with careless disregard for the experiments or personal safety of others;
5. Removal of shared software or someone else's personal data from Institute computing facilities without prior consent;
6. Use of research or departmental accounts on Institute photocopy machines (Kodak, Xerox, IBM) for personal business;
7. Use of false or misleading statements to obtain financial assistance from the Institute, thereby obtaining an unfair advantage over those who report their need honestly.

Although the GRB is not interested in interfering with the daily lives of graduate students, the Board will act when informed of the deliberate actions of a graduate student which repeatedly abridge the rights of others in the community. Such behavior is certainly not in accordance with the spirit of the Honor System. Examples of such actions would include the following:

1. Parking in another's reserved parking space without their permission or permitting one's guest to do so;
2. Continuing to subject others to loud or disturbing noises despite their repeated objections and requests to quiet down;
3. Removing common articles from a community room or use of community or departmental food and beverages without payment, thus depriving others of their use.