Editing Herzing Issues: Academic Integrity (section)

=== HU-115: EthicsPoint report filed May 7, 2026 reporting Student G for AI-assisted discussion post submission ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:14em" | Severity
| High
! style="width:14em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| EthicsPoint Report, Student AI Academic Dishonesty with Forensic Evidence
! Date added
| 2026-05-07
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Academic Integrity Office / Dean of Nursing / NU725 Faculty
|}
'''Finding.''' On May 7, 2026, the reporting student filed an EthicsPoint report reporting Student G for using ChatGPT to draft a discussion post in NU725-7D (Nursing Informatics, Canvas Course 54101, 2262A18). The specific post is Unit 1: Discussion, Legal and Ethical Issues in Technology (May 6, 2026, 9:06am). Forensic evidence of ChatGPT use: all three reference URLs in the post contain the tracking parameter utm_source=chatgpt.com, a parameter automatically appended by ChatGPT's browsing feature when a user follows links from within a ChatGPT session. A student manually composing a citation would never produce this parameter. This is the identical forensic marker documented in {{HU|HU-027}}. Student G is identified in her introduction post (May 4, 12:02pm) as a student council representative for the graduate online campus. She also submitted a Unit 1 Introduction post on May 4, 2026 citing the American Nurses Association (2022) Nursing Informatics scope and standards.

'''Evidence.''' Canvas Discussion Post: Student G, NU725-7D Unit 1: Discussion, Legal and Ethical Issues in Technology, May 6, 2026, 9:06am. Forensic URL evidence: all three reference URLs (AACN Essentials Domain 8, HHS HIPAA Privacy Rule, HHS HIPAA Security Rule) contain utm_source=chatgpt.com. EthicsPoint Report Key [redacted], filed by the reporting student, May 7, 2026. Course: NU725-7D, Canvas Course ID 54101, 2262A18. Source Group: EthicsPoint NAVEX Report Key [redacted] (May 7, 2026); Canvas Discussion Post Screenshots, NU725-7D Unit 1 (May 4-6, 2026).

'''Reported statement.''' <blockquote>https://www.aacnnursing.org/essentials/tool-kit/domains-concepts/informatics-and-healthcare-technologies?utm_source=chatgpt.com; https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com; https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com</blockquote>

'''Standards.''' Herzing University Academic Integrity Policy: submission of AI-generated work as one's own constitutes academic dishonesty. ACEN Standard 4: assessments must reflect genuine student competency; AI-generated discussion posts do not reflect the student's own clinical reasoning or professional communication skills. The utm_source=chatgpt.com URL parameter is a forensic artifact produced specifically by ChatGPT's web browsing feature; it is not present when a student independently locates and cites a source. This is the same evidentiary standard applied in {{HU|HU-027}}, where thirteen screenshots of similar forensic markers were submitted and the university acknowledged that AI use is intensifying. The institutional response to {{HU|HU-027}} was general education with no individual enforcement; this report provides a specific, named, evidence-supported instance that tests whether the institution will enforce its academic integrity policy against an identified individual with documented forensic evidence.

'''Impact.''' Student G is identified as a student council representative for the graduate online campus, a student leadership role that carries expectations of modeling academic integrity. If the institution declines to act on a report with this level of forensic specificity, it confirms the pattern documented at {{HU|HU-067}} and {{HU|HU-027}} (institutional non-enforcement of AI policy). The 5-6 business day review window expires approximately May 14-15, 2026. If no substantive response is received, that non-response is itself documentable evidence of institutional non-enforcement.

'''Notes.''' EthicsPoint Report Key [redacted] must be retained. Follow-up at www.ethicspoint.com or the EthicsPoint hotline after May 14-15, 2026 using the report key and password. The irony of the post content is notable: Student G used ChatGPT to write a discussion post about technology ethics, HIPAA compliance, and the importance of nurses acting with integrity around information systems. The post itself discusses consequences of privacy violations and pause before you click or share culture, while the metadata of the post's own citations reveals the post was AI-generated. Cross-reference: {{HU|HU-027}} (program-level AI use pattern with same forensic markers), {{HU|HU-067}} (prior EthicsPoint report closed inadequately), {{HU|HU-068}} (AI EthicsPoint institutional response, general education only).

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