Regulations & Policies

Academic Integrity Regulations

Issued with Decision No. 62/QD-QT&KD-DBCL dated January 13, 2025 by the Rector of the School of Business and Management, VNU

Purpose

This regulation is issued to enhance the quality, honesty, and value of academic products in learning, teaching, and scientific research activities at the Hanoi School of Business and Management (HSB).

Definitions

Academic Integrity

Honesty, uprightness, and responsibility in learning, teaching, scientific research, and other creative activities.

Academic Integrity Violation

Dishonest actions using tools to gain unfair advantages or benefits for oneself or others in learning, teaching, and scientific research activities.

Academic Product

Written work presenting arguments, analyses, syntheses, and research results. This includes theses, dissertations, exams, reports, books, scientific articles, etc.

Plagiarism

Using sentences, paragraphs, data, and ideas from others in one's academic product without proper citation according to regulations.

Types of Violations

Plagiarism

Using others' writing without citation; copying, translating passages or ideas without crediting the source.

Fabrication

Intentionally presenting false information or data; creating fake citation sources with non-existent data.

Fraud

Cheating on exams, taking exams for others, using unauthorized materials/devices; falsifying records, dishonest declarations.

Detection and Handling

Plagiarism Detection Tool

HSB applies Turnitin AI plagiarism detection software for both English and Vietnamese texts across all HSB academic programs.

Acceptable Similarity Threshold

  • Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral: under 25%
  • English products: 10 words
  • Vietnamese products: 15 words

AI-Suspected Content

  • AI suspicion level above 90%
  • Will be reviewed by the School's Academic Integrity Council
Penalties by Education Level

Undergraduate Programs

Academic Product Detected By Penalty
Quizzes, midterm assessments, essays... Instructor/UPMO/POMO Deduction of 25%, 50%, or 0 points depending on severity
Course projects and assignments Instructor/UPMO/POMO Deduction of 25%, 50%, or exam result cancellation
Thesis/Graduation Project/Capstone QA Center/Examination Committee Suspension documented; student must redo the work

Graduate Programs

Academic Product Penalty
Quizzes, essays, assignments Deduction of 50% or 0 points depending on severity
Research/Field study modules Deduction of 50% or exam result cancellation
Master's thesis Suspension documented; candidate must redo the work
Doctoral dissertation (all stages) Suspension documented; candidate must redo the work
Responsibilities

Authors

Strictly adhere to provisions on scientific integrity and comply with Vietnam's Intellectual Property Law.

Instructors

Guide learners on citation requirements; use Turnitin AI to monitor assignments, reports, and essays.

QA Center

Receive and process violations; disseminate regulations; organize Turnitin training; report to the Rectorate.

Turnitin AI Software

Detection Capabilities

47+ billion internet data sources

1.9+ billion student papers worldwide

82+ million academic publications and journals

AI Report detects AI-generated writing

Contact
Testing and Quality Assurance Center
Hanoi School of Business and Management, Vietnam National University
Email: ttkt-dbcl@hsb.edu.vn
Official Document