Addis Ababa University

Conditions & exceptions

Dated 2023 source; no institutional GenAI policy acquired.

158.2. Prohibited Acts 158.2.1. Subject to the provisions of relevant aarticles, hereof, the following acts are prohibited and constitute grounds for disciplinary action: academic dishonesty means any of the following or a combination thereof: 158.2.2. Cheating which means intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in academic exercise such as exams and assignments or 158.2.3. fabrication which means intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise or 158.2.4. plagiarism that means intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise or 158.2.5. academic negligence that means willfully, with or without malice, abrogating one’s academic duty and responsibility through indifference, apathy and disregard of the prevailing rules and practices of the University or 158.2.6. facilitating academic dishonesty which means intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to commit any of the above acts of academic dishonesty.

Collected: 2026-10-09 · 4161–4180
SHA-256: 4559d3eaa6edd8f89fb13af677c5403164cf6dc3831095335eb5fb0eaae6a590

Conditions & exceptions

Requires established academic dishonesty; undergraduate/graduate minimum academic years distinguished.

158.3. Sanctions on Violations of the rules 158.3.1. The sanctions for violations of any one of the offences provided for in this Article shall be prescribed by the Dean of Student Affairs. 158.3.2. A student who commits an act of academic dishonesty shall be suspended for a minimum of one academic year where he is an undergraduate student and a minimum of two academic years where he is a graduate student. In addition to such suspension, such student shall receive an `XF`` grade where his academic unit uses a letter grade or an `XO` grade where his academic unit uses a number grade. These notations shall be entered into the student`s transcript. The notation `XF` or `XO` shall be considered as a grade of "F" or zero for calculating his GPA.

Collected: 2026-10-09 · 4213–4224
SHA-256: 4559d3eaa6edd8f89fb13af677c5403164cf6dc3831095335eb5fb0eaae6a590

158.3.3. Disciplinary cases with an inter-college element shall be subject to due process of law in which the concerned student shall get the opportunity to present his case and such hearings shall be conducted by a discipline committee established for this purpose by the Office of the Dean of Students Affairs. The membership of such committee shall include the Dean of Student Affairs or his representative as a chairperson, an officer in charge of student services or his representative, one academic staff member, two student union representatives of whom one is a female student, a representative of Campus Security as well as a representative of the relevant college administration. Where the 98 disciplinary case is of intra-college in nature, it shall be considered by an ad hoc committee composed of two academic staff members to be assigned by the Dean of the College , two student representatives of whom one is a female student and a representative of the college administration. 158.3.4. A student aggrieved by the decision of a discipline committee may appeal to the President within two weeks as of the date of receipt by him of the decision of the committee. The decision of the President shall be final. 158.3.5 Authority to Supplement the Provisions of this Article with the approval of the Senate, the SACs of the various academic units may issue additional rules consistent with this Legislation to add to or elaborate on the provisions of this Legislation. Unless specified otherwise, a violation of such additional rules shall be treated as a violation of this Code of Conduct.

Collected: 2026-10-09 · 4225–4251
SHA-256: 4559d3eaa6edd8f89fb13af677c5403164cf6dc3831095335eb5fb0eaae6a590

Conditions & exceptions

Journal authors, not generic student audience.

All submissions are screened for plagiarism using tools like Turnitin. Manuscripts with clear evidence of plagiarism will be rejected, and if detected post-publication, the Editorial Board will notify the author's institution and funding agencies. Use of Generative AI The EJE recognises that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly used in academic research and writing. However the following statements outlines acceptable use of AI technologies in the preparation of manuscripts submitted to the journal. When submitting their manuscript, authors should not list AI tools as a co-author, as AI tools cannot assume responsibility for authorship. Authors may use AI technologies as research tools in the preparation of their manuscripts including data analysis. Authors should describe any use of AI technologies as research tools in the methods section of their manuscript in the interest of transparency, reliability, and integrity. Authors should NOT use AI tools to write their manuscript, but they may use AI tools to help improve the language and readability of their manuscript. Authors should describe any use of AI technologies to help improve the language and readability of their manuscript in the interest of transparency, reliability, and integrity.

Collected: 2026-10-09 · 54–59
SHA-256: c0fcfcf7519a2e5a7da3f06e12bf71a99e491a16e1edddaef19a2f613f7a51fe