Integrity Policy in the E-Training Environment
This policy aims to clarify the importance of upholding integrity, forms of violations, and associated disciplinary measures to prevent breaches.
First: Concept of Integrity and Importance of Adherence
Integrity is a fundamental prerequisite in all interactions within OSHA Training Platform, affirming the necessity of honesty and trustworthiness for every individual across the e-training environment, including trainers, trainees, and administrative staff.
It represents an ethical system for trainers, trainees, and all workers at OSHA Training Platform that organizes their performance and equips them with principles governing their conduct. Integrity encompasses numerous vital matters, most notably confronting cheating in examinations, research plagiarism, submitting unoriginal projects, manipulating grades, bias, forging documents, or circumventing policies. Accordingly, anything that breaches the rights of others and fosters misleading information or unauthentic projects is considered an integrity violation.
Second: Forms of Integrity Violations
- 1. Impersonation / Identity fraud.
- 2. Falsifying information in reports or signatures.
- 3. Cheating.
- 4. Obtaining or providing unauthorized assistance.
- 5. Exploiting unauthorized collaboration.
- 6. Fabrication and forgery.
Third: Procedures and Penalties for Integrity Violations
The procedures and sanctions enforced by OSHA Training Platform upon integrity breaches in the e-training environment, as well as measures to deter such violations:
1. In the event a trainee is caught cheating during an examination, the following measures are enforced:
- A. Drafting a detailed incident report attaching evidence if available, and referring it to OSHA Platform's competent committee.
- B. Grading the sanction progressively based on trainee conduct (failing the course, failing all semester courses/programs), or whatever measure OSHA Platform's committee deems appropriate.
- C. Maintaining strict case confidentiality.
- D. Notifying the trainee of the disciplinary action prior to enforcement.
2. In the event of plagiarism in academic work ("academic theft"), the following measures are enforced:
- A. Drafting a comprehensive incident report with evidence attached and escalating it to the designated committee at OSHA Platform.
- B. Escalating the penalty progressively according to trainee conduct (deducting coursework marks, deducting the academic submission mark only), or as determined by OSHA Platform's committee.
- C. Maintaining strict case confidentiality.
- D. Informing the trainee of the disciplinary measure prior to enforcement.
3. In the event of identity fraud / impersonation, the following measures are enforced:
- A. Drafting an exhaustive incident report with evidence attached and submitting it to the competent committee at OSHA Platform.
- B. Determining the penalty for the violator according to the report findings progressively (prohibiting exam entry, withholding certification), or whatever action the committee deems fit.
- C. Preserving complete confidentiality of the case.
- D. Notifying the trainee of the disciplinary measure prior to execution.
Fourth: Roles and Responsibilities
- A. Policy Document Owner: (Mr. Mishaal Al-Issa)
- B. Policy Review and Updating: (Mr. Abdullah Al-Harbi)
- C. Policy Implementation and Enforcement: (Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Omari)
Fifth: Policy Compliance
- A. Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Omari must ensure the commitment of the designated committee at OSHA Platform to enforcing this policy.
- B. The designated committee at OSHA Platform must implement and strictly abide by the operational policy.
- C. Any breach of this policy may expose the offender to disciplinary action according to the procedures followed at OSHA Platform.
This policy applies to all beneficiaries of OSHA Training Platform services with full commitment to ensuring its implementation. All platform staff members are equally bound by it, and any violation exposes the offender to disciplinary action in accordance with the procedures adopted by OSHA Training Platform.