Current As Of:

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Honor in Cadet LifeAnd in the Barracks

• Current As Of
• 8/26/2013

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Purpose

• Review basic Honor concepts from prior lessons
• Provide more information on the Honor Code and
  system
• Review common scenarios in which Honor Violations
  may occur in the barracks
• Guided Discussion

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Review

• What does one do when they suspect a cadet has
  committed an Honor Violation?
• What is quibbling?
• What is an Improper Question?
• What is the role of your Company Honor
  Representative?

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Special Orders

• Once you have completed an activity that you have
  received Special Orders/Leave for, you must
  return to campus immediately.
• You are ineligible to take General Leave in
  conjunction with Special Orders/Leave if you have
  prior obligations (Class, Military duties,
  Punishments, etc).

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An Official Statement
An official statement is defined as a statement,
written or oral, made to a member of the staff or
faculty of the college, a member of the guard on
duty, or any cadet required in turn to use the
statement as a basis for an official report in
any form.
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Fake IDs
Researchers examined fake ID use among 3,720
undergraduates from the summer before entering
college until the end of their sophomore year.
Fake ID ownership among this sample jumped from
12.5 percent prior to college entry to 32 percent
near the end of the students second year.
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Fake IDs

• The use of any document, on or off campus, to
  misrepresent ones identity or status to gain a
  benefit that one would not have received without
  the misrepresentation will be considered and
  treated as a false official statement. Honor
  manual Section 3-2
• Using a fake to purchase alcohol is not worth the
  risk.

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Sign In/Out

• You can not sign anyone else in/out
• You must be in the destination you sign in/out
  for.
• Once you have signed in/out, you have made and
  official statement on your current location

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Explanation In Writing

• This is the most common form of a written
  official statement that cadets will see.
• The top form is an example of a Performance
  Report.
• Remember to accurately check the box This Report
  is Correct ___ Yes ____No.
• Do not check No simply because you do not want
  punishments.

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Explanation In Writing

• Ensure when a cadet checks the box labeled, This
  report is correct/incorrect that the Performance
  Report is accurate.
• Remember, when you fill out the Circumstances of
  Extenuation or Mitigation Are section to always
  answer accurately and directly. ERWs are often
  used as an opportunity to quibble.
• A cadet can check the This report is correct
  Box and then still fill out the Circumstances of
  Extenuation or Mitigation Are section.
• This is an official statement!

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Written Statements at The Citadel

• Keep in mind, an intentionally written false
  statement will be considered an Honor Violation.
• Always be honest anytime you make a statement,
  written or oral. The consequences of being
  honest on a report will not out weigh those of
  being found in violation of the Honor Code.
• Lying is defined as Making a false official
  statement. An official statement is defined as a
  statement, written or oral, made to a member of
  the staff or the faculty of the college, a member
  of the guard on duty, or any cadet required in
  turn to use the statement as a basis for an
  official report in any form.

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Verbal Official Statements

• An oral statement made to a member of the staff
  or faculty of the college, a member of the guard
  on duty, or any cadet required in turn to use the
  statement as a basis for an official report in
  any form.
• Most common example, is All-ins.

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Case Study 1

• A 4B (Knob) class cadet, Cadet A, had a fake ID.
  While on leave on Parents Day Weekend, that cadet
  purchased some beer. A few minutes later, the
  bartender asked the cadet for proof of his age,
  and Cadet A showed the fake ID. The bartender
  served him a few more beers, but then became
  suspicious when he noticed the name on the
  cadets credit card (for running a tab) did not
  match the name on the ID the cadet had shown, so
  the bartender confiscated the ID and reported the
  incident to Citadel Public Safety. At an honor
  court hearing, Cadet A claimed there was no
  violationhe had been served the beer before he
  had been asked for the ID.
• Did Cadet A commit an honor violation?

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Case Study 1 Review

• Yes Cadet A committed an Honor Violation, The
  court found Cadet A guilty of using a fake ID.
  Regardless of whether he showed the ID before or
  after purchase, he used the fake ID to prove that
  he was of age to drink legally, when in fact he
  was not.

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Case Study 2

• On 1 December, Cadet X went AWOL at 0110, ten
  minutes after the All-in report had been taken.
  Cadet X returned to the battalion through the
  side sally port at 0300, two hours after the end
  of General Leave. The OG, who saw Cadet X return,
  put Cadet X on report for Absent Without Leave
  (AWOL) on 1 Dec. Cadet X responded on the
  subsequent ERW that the report was incorrect as
  he had been present for All-ins on 1 Dec.

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Case Study 2 Review

• Did Cadet X commit an Honor Violation?
• Yes, Cadet X is quibbling on the ERW.

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Case Study 3

• A knob and several of his classmates stumble in
  from general leave highly intoxicated.  One of
  the knobs is missing his cover and another one
  has his blouse entirely unzipped.  The senior on
  guard stops the knobs and pulls them off to the
  side.  He smells the alcohol on their breath and
  asks if they have been drinking.  Knob X replies
  that he has not been drinking, but the senior
  knows that this can not be the case because he
  smells the alcohol on the knobs breath and the
  words were slurred.  The senior then asks Knob X
  if he is underage, and the knob replied that he
  was twenty one.  The OG takes the knobs names
  down and releases them to their rooms.  He
  investigates further only to discover that the
  Knob X is not twenty-one, and therefore lied to
  him.  He pulls the knob for the honor violation
  of lying about both drinking and his age.

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Case Study 3 Review

• Did the OG ask the knobs an improper question?
• Technically no, The OG has probable cause, but
  could he have asked the question better?
• Was he justified in Pulling the knobs for an
  Honor Violation?
• Yes, the knobs lied to two questions.

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Key Take Aways

• Special Orders/Leave
• Fake IDs
• Sign-in/out
• Written Official Statements
• Verbal Official Statements

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