Honor in Cadet Life And in the Barracks

1. Honor in Cadet LifeAnd in the Barracks Current As Of: 8/26/2013

2. Purpose: • Review basic Honor concepts from prior lessons • Provide more information on the Honor Code and system • Review common scenarios in which Honor Violations may occur in the barracks • Guided Discussion

3. Review • What does one do when they suspect a cadet has committed an Honor Violation? • What is quibbling? • What is an Improper Question? • What is the role of your Company Honor Representative?

4. Special Orders • Once you have completed an activity that you have received Special Orders/Leave for, you must return to campus immediately. • You are ineligible to take General Leave in conjunction with Special Orders/Leave if you have prior obligations (Class, Military duties, Punishments, etc).

5. An Official Statement An official statement is defined as a statement, written or oral, made to a member of the staff or faculty of the college, a member of the guard on duty, or any cadet required in turn to use the statement as a basis for an official report in any form.

6. Fake ID’s Researchers examined fake ID use among 3,720 undergraduates from the summer before entering college until the end of their sophomore year. Fake ID ownership among this sample jumped from 12.5 percent prior to college entry to 32 percent near the end of the students’ second year.

7. Fake ID’s • The use of any document, on or off campus, to misrepresent one’s identity or status to gain a benefit that one would not have received without the misrepresentation will be considered and treated as a false official statement. –Honor manual Section 3-2 • Using a fake to purchase alcohol is not worth the risk.

8. Sign In/Out • You can not sign anyone else in/out • You must be in the destination you sign in/out for. • Once you have signed in/out, you have made and official statement on your current location

9. Explanation In Writing • This is the most common form of a written official statement that cadets will see. • The top form is an example of a Performance Report. • Remember to accurately check the box “This Report is Correct: ___ Yes ____No”. • Do not check “No” simply because you do not want punishments.

10. Explanation In Writing • Ensure when a cadet checks the box labeled, “This report is correct/incorrect” that the Performance Report is accurate. • Remember, when you fill out the “Circumstances of Extenuation or Mitigation Are:” section to always answer accurately and directly. ERWs are often used as an opportunity to quibble. • A cadet can check the “This report is correct” Box and then still fill out the “Circumstances of Extenuation or Mitigation Are:” section. • This is an official statement!

11. Written Statements at The Citadel • Keep in mind, an intentionally written false statement will be considered an Honor Violation. • Always be honest anytime you make a statement, written or oral. The consequences of being honest on a report will not out weigh those of being found in violation of the Honor Code. • Lying is defined as “Making a false official statement. An official statement is defined as a statement, written or oral, made to a member of the staff or the faculty of the college, a member of the guard on duty, or any cadet required in turn to use the statement as a basis for an official report in any form.”

12. Verbal Official Statements • An oral statement made to a member of the staff or faculty of the college, a member of the guard on duty, or any cadet required in turn to use the statement as a basis for an official report in any form. • Most common example, is All-ins.

13. Case Study 1 • A 4B (Knob) class cadet, Cadet A, had a fake ID. While on leave on Parents Day Weekend, that cadet purchased some beer. A few minutes later, the bartender asked the cadet for proof of his age, and Cadet A showed the fake ID. The bartender served him a few more beers, but then became suspicious when he noticed the name on the cadet’s credit card (for running a tab) did not match the name on the ID the cadet had shown, so the bartender confiscated the ID and reported the incident to Citadel Public Safety. At an honor court hearing, Cadet A claimed there was no violation—he had been served the beer before he had been asked for the ID. • Did Cadet A commit an honor violation?

14. Case Study 1 Review • Yes Cadet A committed an Honor Violation, The court found Cadet A guilty of using a fake ID. Regardless of whether he showed the ID before or after purchase, he used the fake ID to prove that he was of age to drink legally, when in fact he was not.

15. Case Study 2 • On 1 December, Cadet X went AWOL at 0110, ten minutes after the “All-in” report had been taken. Cadet X returned to the battalion through the side sally port at 0300, two hours after the end of General Leave. The OG, who saw Cadet X return, put Cadet X on report for “Absent Without Leave (AWOL) on 1 Dec.” Cadet X responded on the subsequent ERW that the report was incorrect as he had been present for “All-ins” on 1 Dec.

16. Case Study 2 Review • Did Cadet X commit an Honor Violation? • Yes, Cadet X is quibbling on the ERW.

17. Case Study 3 • A knob and several of his classmates stumble in from general leave highly intoxicated.  One of the knobs is missing his cover and another one has his blouse entirely unzipped.  The senior on guard stops the knobs and pulls them off to the side.  He smells the alcohol on their breath and asks if they have been drinking.  Knob X replies that he has not been drinking, but the senior knows that this can not be the case because he smells the alcohol on the knob’s breath and the words were slurred.  The senior then asks Knob X if he is underage, and the knob replied that he was twenty one.  The OG takes the knobs names down and releases them to their rooms.  He investigates further only to discover that the Knob X is not twenty-one, and therefore lied to him.  He pulls the knob for the honor violation of lying about both drinking and his age.

18. Case Study 3 Review • Did the OG ask the knobs an improper question? • Technically no, The OG has probable cause, but could he have asked the question better? • Was he justified in Pulling the knobs for an Honor Violation? • Yes, the knobs lied to two questions.

19. Key Take Aways • Special Orders/Leave • Fake IDs • Sign-in/out • Written Official Statements • Verbal Official Statements

20. Questions &Comments