TAXATION DIVISION, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND HONOUR PLEDGE
An honour pledge is a statement which university students acknowledge to show their commitment to acting honestly and with integrity during the completion of an assessment. Please complete the details below. By completing and submitting this honour pledge you make the following commitment: “I hereby pledge: 1. That I will not provide or receive any unauthorised help on this assessment and that all work that I submit will be my own; 2. That I understand what plagiarism is and acknowledge that it is dishonest; 3. That I will act ethically and in accordance with SAICA’s fundamental principles, contained in the SAICA Code of Professional Conduct, during the assessment (refer to Note 1); 4. That I will not access any study notes, lecture notes, tutorials, lecture videos, tutorial videos, textbooks, social media, the internet or any electronic database during the assessment; 5. That I will have no contact with any other individual during the assessment; 6. That I will not use time allocated for submission of my attempt as writing time; 7. That I will not discuss the assessment, or the answers I submitted, with any other candidate for at least 2 hours after the deadline for submitting my assessment; and 8. That if I identify any breaches of this pledge (my own or breaches by another student) that I have a duty to report this to a lecturer. Course Code: ACCN 2013, ACCN 2013A, ACCN 2014, & ACCN 2014A Course Name: Taxation II Course co-ordinator Name and Surname: Henriette Erasmus Assessment Type: Tax II - June 2021 exam (e.g. examination, test, assignment, etc.) Student Number (student to complete): 2372545 Student Name (student to complete): Masaka Johannes None Date (student to complete): 23/06/2021
Note 11: The following should assist candidates in determining whether or not any of their proposed actions during the test/exam/assessment are likely to contravene the rules with regards to assessments: • The first step is to identify that an ethical issue may exist for you. You are likely to face an ethical issue whenever your actions affect others. • The next step is to apply ethical judgement so as, to determine your most ethical action. You should consider how your actions affect others, using ethical reasoning methods. One way of doing this is by asking yourself the following five questions: o Is it legal? Does it contravene the rules with regards to assessments, SAICA By-laws and/or SAICA Code of Professional Conduct? o How will it look in the media? o Are your proposed actions consistent with your own and/or the profession’s values? (If it breaches the fundamental principles of integrity, confidentiality and professional behaviour, the answer is no.) o Is it fair to all? (If you are obtaining an unfair advantage over other candidates which would not be appropriate, the answer is no.) o Lastly, ask yourself how you would feel if you carried out the proposed action. (For example, worried about the possibility that someone could find out about it.) If any student is found to contravene any of these conditions and irregular or dishonest practice is detected, a mark of zero (0) will be automatically awarded and disciplinary action may be taken.
1Adapted from instructions provided to Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) candidates by SAICA.
