University of Virginia Honor Committee

The University of Virginias Honor Systemthe Committee representatives elected from every school, the trained support officers who staff cases, the administrators and professors who report offensesexists for a single purpose: to uphold and support the Community Trust. We believe that students, faculty, and administrators are not passive recipients of culture, but rather are active agents in creating and maintaining the ideals of our community. As students at the University of Virginia, we have made the conscious decision to not let personal gain, ambition, or future advancement become the defining characteristics of our years at this university. Instead, we seek to conduct ourselves with integrity, respecting the work and property of our fellow students and the wisdom of our professors. We aim to cultivate habits that will inform our work habits long after we graduate; to assume the best in each other; and to hold fast to notions of right and wrong, even when doing so comes at person...