University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Completion of academic work in a manner not allowed by the instructor.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Prohibited Use; extracted text lines 55-55

This Code of Student Conduct complies with UC Office of the President issuance of the revised Policies Applying to Campus Activities, Organizations and Students (PACAOS 100.00) Appendix H: Student Conduct Investigation and Resolution Frameworks. The revised PACAOS 100.00 applies to incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2026.

Evidence locator: PACAOS 100.00 & Appendix H applicability; extracted text lines 13-16

102.01 - Academic Misconduct All forms of academic misconduct including but not limited to cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, or facilitating academic dishonesty.

Evidence locator: Section 102.01 Grounds for Discipline; extracted text lines 1076-1078

Cheating includes fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment, or using or attempting to use materials, or assisting others in using materials that are prohibited or inappropriate in the context of the academic assignment in question.

Evidence locator: Appendix II: Academic Misconduct, A. Cheating; extracted text lines 1471-1473

Graduate student academic misconduct refers, but is not limited to plagiarism, cheating, fabrication or the facilitation of academic dishonesty by any student, while enrolled in a graduate program. It is different from research misconduct which is fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism, in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research misconduct is reported through the Vice Chancellor’s Office for Research

Evidence locator: What is Academic Misconduct?; extracted text lines 125-125

Students have a right to appeal (within 10 days of receiving the notification of the hearing committee’s decision), if A student has new evidence that was not available at the time of the hearing that could affect the committee’s decision. A student has grounds to believe that there was a significant procedural error that affected the committee’s decision.

Evidence locator: Students' Rights and Responsibilities: Right to appeal; extracted text lines 128-130

The timelines for a written appeal are as follows: (1) If the administrative resolution does not include a separation status sanction, the student must submit the written appeal within ten (10) days of the issuance of the Administrative Resolution Letter. (2) If the Administrative Resolution includes a separation status sanction, and the student does not request a formal hearing but wishes to appeal the sanctions, the student must submit a written intent to appeal the sanctions within five (5) days of issuance of the Administrative Resolution Letter and must submit their written appeal within ten (10) days of the issuance of the Administrative Resolution

Evidence locator: Section V.b: Appeal Submission Procedure and Timeline; extracted text lines 978-987

The Graduate Student Academic Misconduct Policy describes two phases for addressing suspected academic misconduct by graduate and professional students: An early resolution phase and a committee-led investigation phase. Throughout both phases, the Graduate Division serves as an impartial consultant to ensure consistency, equity, and adherence to due process. All information related to a case is evaluated through the preponderance standard, which means more likely than not, or a 51% likelihood.

Evidence locator: Graduate Academic Misconduct Policy: Overview & Resolution Phases; extracted text lines 135-136

Recognizing that there is a range in the pedagogical utility of GenAI tools, we recommend that all faculty include a clear statement on their syllabus about course expectations regarding the use of Google Gemini or any other GenAI tool for course-related work.

Evidence locator: Academic Senate Guidance: Syllabus recommendation; extracted text lines 28-31

GenAI detection tools are increasingly less accurate; there are no validated GenAI detection tools.

Evidence locator: Academic Senate Guidance: Detector unreliability; extracted text lines 210-211

We provide three sample statements. Instructors should modify them to fit their course requirements. The three statements include the two extremes, with the most and least GenAI use. We also include a third option that is approximately in the middle between the

Evidence locator: Academic Senate Guidance: Sample syllabus statements; extracted text lines 109-111

Therefore, assignments or learning activities where GenAI is not permitted should consider adopting one or more of the following solutions: Written Statement of Academic Integrity: As a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect for others. In-person proctored exams/activities An additional interview component (or oral exam) to an assignment where students are graded on an explanation of their work. A randomized approach could be considered.

Evidence locator: Academic Senate Guidance: Alternative assessments when prohibited; extracted text lines 212-219

Some AI This course enables limited uses of GenAI tools but also prohibits broad use of them in cases that would be considered plagiaristic if the tool’s output had been composed by a human author.

Evidence locator: Academic Senate Guidance: "Some AI" sample syllabus framework; extracted text lines 120-123

For any assignments where the instructor encourages or requires the use of GenAI tools, instructors should ensure that students have access to the necessary computing resources to run those GenAI tools. If non-campus-sanctioned resources are required, it is the instructor's responsibility to provide access to those resources.

Evidence locator: Academic Senate Guidance: Ensuring computing resources; extracted text lines 182-185

New Uses of AI: If you are considering a new use of Generative AI in your studies or work, it is your responsibility to consider the ethics and risks involved and obtain approval from your instructor/responsible unit head.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: New uses approval; extracted text lines 63-63

UC Berkeley, like most of our UC peers, has not enabled Turnitin’s AI writing and paraphrasing detection feature in bCourses for general use. An ongoing pilot study started in Fall 2023 by RTL highlights the challenge that, unlike its traditional plagiarism detection functionality, Turnitin’s algorithm-based AI writing detection feature does not necessarily provide the same conclusive evidence for the use of GenAI in student submitted coursework.

Evidence locator: Turnitin GenAI Writing & Paraphrase Detection; extracted text lines 117-117

Publicly-available information (Protection Level P1) can be used in generative AI tools.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Allowable Use; extracted text lines 50-50

Unless specifically stated in the "Allowable Use" section above, no personal, confidential, proprietary, or otherwise sensitive information may be entered into or generated as output from models or prompts.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Prohibited sensitive data; extracted text lines 56-56

Such information includes: Student records subject to FERPA Non-public instructional materials Proprietary or unpublished research

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: FERPA and research data; extracted text lines 56-59

It is important to underline that the utilization of different GenAI detection tools are problematic due to student privacy concerns. Therefore it is recommended that instructors do not upload student materials to third parties who do not have a MOU with the university. At this time, UC Berkeley does not have an agreement with any third party AI detection tools.

Evidence locator: GenAI Detection Tools and Privacy Concerns; extracted text lines 115-115

Personal Liability: Please note that certain generative AI tools use click-through agreements. Click-through agreements, including OpenAI and ChatGPT terms of use, are contracts. Individuals who accept click-through agreements without delegated signature authority may face personal consequences, including responsibility for compliance with terms and conditions.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Click-through contracts; extracted text lines 71-71

UC has license agreements for certain AI tools, which provide protection for use with more sensitive information. It is important to be sure you are using licensed tools, rather than individual consumer accounts, to benefit from UC’s contractual protections.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Licensed tools; extracted text lines 51-51

UC Berkeley also has AI risk assessment pre-screening questions that can be used by employees to gauge the level of risk involved for an AI use case (whereby AI is integrated into a product, service or feature at the university). Depending on the level of risk determined, a subcommittee may be engaged and the broader risk assessment conducted.

Evidence locator: Responsible Use of GenAI: Risk assessment pre-screening; extracted text lines 1680-1688

Using AI with Library Digital Resources: Before using or training AI tools with materials acquired from Library-licensed resources or databases, researchers must comply with varying license agreement terms. Violations can result in personal liability and campus-wide loss of access to critical research resources.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Library resources; extracted text lines 72-72

This policy describes the framework UC Berkeley uses to receive, assess, and resolve allegations of research misconduct. It outlines clear definitions, roles, responsibilities, and the three procedural stages—assessment, inquiry, and investigation—designed to ensure thorough, objective, and timely review consistent with federal law and University policy.

Evidence locator: Policy Overview & Procedural Stages; extracted text lines 84-84

UC Berkeley researchers are responsible for all aspects of their research, including work assisted or generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Guidance on appropriate AI attribution and use can be found on the page linked here.

Evidence locator: Researcher Responsibility and Generative AI; extracted text lines 86-86

UC Berkeley researchers are responsible for all aspects of their research, including work assisted or generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Consistent with University research misconduct policies and applicable guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (ORI), researchers should disclose the use of generative AI where appropriate and identify the tool and how it was used as well as how results were verified.

Evidence locator: Federal Guidance: Disclosure principles; extracted text lines 81-81

III. REQUIREMENTS FOR FINDINGS OF RESEARCH MISCONDUCT (§ 93.103). Finding of research misconduct requires: There be a significant departure from accepted practices of the relevant research community; and The misconduct be committed intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly; and The allegation be proven by a preponderance of the evidence standard.

Evidence locator: Section III: Requirements for Findings of Research Misconduct; extracted text lines 141-145

C. All collected data and evidence, as well as the records and reports of the assessment, inquiry, and investigation, will be securely maintained for seven (7) years after the completion of a UCB research misconduct proceeding, unless custody of the records has been transferred to a research sponsor or ORI has notified UCB that the records are no longer needed.

Evidence locator: Section V.C: Confidentiality and Records Retention; extracted text lines 179-179

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

We strongly encourage use of Berkeley-licensed tools, which have been vetted for ethical and risk considerations and include contractual protections not present in most standard consumer licenses. The protection of university licensing is provided only when a users accesses a tool by first authenticating through CalNet. Before using these tools, please review Campus Guidance on the Appropriate Use of AI.

Evidence locator: AI Hub: Licensed AI Tools Overview; extracted text lines 29-29

Use of AI tools procured by units separately from the campus or systemwide agreements mentioned above must also adhere to the approved Protection Level limitations advised by the unit to ensure compliance with the agreement and appropriate protections relative to the safety features of the tool.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Unit-procured tools; extracted text lines 53-53

Units offering such tools should clearly advise staff and users as to the appropriate use and Protection Level limitations of the AI (and all) tools that they offer.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Unit tool advice; extracted text lines 53-53

In all cases, use should be consistent with UC Berkeley’s Principles of Community and the UC Principles of Responsible AI (summary / full report)

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Principles of Community & Responsible AI; extracted text lines 48-48

Use of AI that involves highly-consequential automated decision-making requires extreme caution, and should not be employed without prior consultation with appropriate campus entities, including the responsible Unit head, as such use could put the University and individuals as significant risk.

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: Automated decision-making; extracted text lines 64-64

The Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance is providing resources and guidance about how to use artificial intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI, in an ethical and appropriate manner. This page will help guide you to available tools with a focus on privacy and compliance with existing laws and policies.

Evidence locator: OERCS AI overview; extracted text lines 41-41

Be sure to take the AI Essentials Training and consult CERC-AIR

Evidence locator: OERCS Appropriate Use: AI Essentials & CERC-AIR; extracted text lines 63-63

At a higher level, UC has several AI principles: Appropriateness; Transparency; Accuracy, Reliability and Safety; Fairness and Non-Discrimination; Privacy and Security; Human Values; Shared Benefit and Prosperity; and Accountability.

Evidence locator: Responsible Use of GenAI: UC AI Principles; extracted text lines 1669-1674