FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Current As Of: 8/29/2013 1

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Purpose Familiarize cadets with their honor committee officers Review statistics from last year Review likely honor situations faced by upperclassmen Changes to Punishment System 2

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY 2014 Honor Committee Officers 3 Chairman Presides over Court and Committee Vice-Chairman for Investigation Supervises the Investigation process Vice-Chairman for Education Orients the Corps on the Honor System Secretary Accounts for the records of Honor Courts C/ Maj Hawks C/ Maj Rhoden C/ Lt. Col Hipps C/ Maj Bernard

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Honor Statistics 4

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Honor Statistics 5

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Honor Statistics 6

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Plagiarism Plagiarism has accounted for a large number of honor accusations in the past few months Please remember to give credit to the source of your information when you are writing a paper 7

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Discussion What is the purpose of the Honor System? What kind of Honor situations will you face as an upperclassmen? 8

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Honor as an Upperclassmen 9 More is expected out of upper-class cadets. ERW’s WHITE SLIPS Charleston Passes Special Leave Slips Overnight Slips ALL IN SHEETS

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY What Your Signature Means 10 Your signature certifies that you understand, and will uphold the standards enclosed within the document. When placing your signature or initials on any document this should be held in regard. Failure may result in an Honor Violation.

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Improper Questions What is an Improper question? How do you answer an Improper Question? What do you do if you think you have been asked an improper question? 11

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Quibbling 12 What is it? Quibbling is defined as the use of ambiguous or vague language to evade a point at issue. Quibbling will be considered and treated as a false official statement. In what ways can you ensure that you are never accused of quibbling?

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Reflection: Honor as a Knob and Upperclassman 13 What role did Honor play in your life as a knob? How do you think Honor will effect you as an Upperclassman? How can you help improve the Honor System as a Upper- class Cadet?

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Reflection: Honor as an Upperclassman (In regards to Honor) What is your role as a member of the guard team? Or as a member of a Weekend Duty team? In what way can you help prevent your classmates from committing Honor Violations? 14

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Spirit of the Code What do we mean when we say “The Spirit of the Code?” How can you apply Honor to your life outside of school? What is an example of breaking “The Spirit of the Code?” 15

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Changes to Punishment System Your signature on punishment sheets signifies that you served the punishment correctly. Signing for a punishment that was not served correctly constitutes lying! It is the weekend duty team’s responsibility to oversee punishments by: 1.holding formations hourly in front of the letter for those serving cons, to take accountability and inspect uniforms 2.Checking rooms of those serving cons at least once every hour Even though it is the duty team’s responsibility to oversee punishments, you are still responsible for your conduct. 16

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Changes to Punishment System The regulations regarding the proper serving of a punishment have been added to the top of the punishment sheets to avoid confusion. The improper punishment pull has been removed from the blue book, failure to serve a punishment will result in a loss of credit, but no additional punishments will be added. For further information see reference the blue book or your company honor rep. 17

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Questions 18 As Sophomores you will now have greater responsibility. What questions do you have regarding Honor at this school? Who can you go to anytime with a question?

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Key Take Aways More is expected out of upper-class cadets. Weekend Duty Official Statements Changes to Punishment System 19

FOR TRAINING USE ONLY Questions & Comments 20