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BROCK UNIVERSITY

POLI 4P24
PRIVATE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Winter 2017, Monday: 11-2

Dr. Hevina S. Dashwood

Office: Plaza 351 Office Hours:
Tel: Ext. 3894 Monday: 2-3
E-mail: hdashwood@brocku OR by appointment

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objective of this course is to introduce students to a relatively new area of international
relations research and scholarship, private global governance. The role of non-state actors
in global governance has only recently been systematically addressed within the
international relations literature. Students will be introduced to concepts that help us to
conceptualize private global governance, to be able to analyse the reasons and processes
by which private global governance has emerged in various domains, and to examples of
private global governance in the areas of human rights, the environment and labour.
Throughout the course, the cross-cutting themes of legitimacy, accountability and
effectiveness will be critically analysed and assessed in specific instances of private global
governance.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students are expected to have gained a more comprehensive understanding of the nature,
complexities and forms of global governance processes and outcomes. Students will gain
an expanded comprehension of global governance dynamics through exposure to readings
in the Political Science discipline (encompassing international relations, international
public policy and Canadian foreign policy), as well as in business, international law and
sociology. Students will be able to weigh different perspectives on what influences the
various actors (NGOs, global companies, states) that participate in global governance
processes. Students interested in careers in international business, international
governmental and non-governmental organizations and in government will have the
academic background to analyse the global context in which these organizations operate.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Minor review papers of assigned readings (2): 20%

Seminar presentation: 25%
Seminar Participation: 25%
Major Essay 30%
SEMINAR FORMAT
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Seminar sessions will begin with student presentations. Discussion will then ensue. In
the event a class needs to be cancelled due to inclement weather or for some other
unexpected reason, students will be notified by e-mail.

Minor Review Papers:

Each member of the class will write two (2) review papers on the assigned readings. The
choice of which weeks readings you will review will be your own, but your first review
must be chosen from one of Sessions 2-5 in Part 1. The second review may be chosen
from any of the sessions in Parts 2 and 3. The reviews should be approximately 5 typed,
double-spaced pages in length, and must include a Bibliography and direct citations (with
page numbers) of the readings being reviewed. The review should discuss what you
consider to be the major themes of the readings, and in light of the page length, it is
usually best to identify several themes/issues/debates/questions in your introduction, and
then organize your review around the themes you have identified. The review papers
must be handed in at or before the beginning of the seminar session discussing the
readings being reviewed. None will be accepted after the relevant session. The purpose
of the reviews is to help ensure the quality of the seminar discussions and to give you a
chance to put in writing your thoughts on the major issues/topics/themes. You may not
choose a session that is the same topic as your seminar presentation. Each review is worth
10% of your total grade.

Seminar Presentation:

Students are expected to give a 15-20 minute presentation. Your presentation should
begin by identifying what you consider to be the key issues/themes/questions raised by
the authors. The main part of your presentation should then explain the arguments that
the various authors put forth with respect to the key themes you have identified. In your
conclusion, you should consider your own arguments/position on the various interpretive
issues raised in the readings. After your presentations, you should identify questions
and/or topics for the ensuing discussion relevant to the assigned readings. Students must
assess all the assigned readings for their topic and are encouraged to include the
recommended reading in their presentation. One week in advance of their presentations,
students must identify a short reading (e.g. from a newspaper, magazine, blog post, etc)
that fellow students will be required to read in addition to the assigned readings. The
reading need not be scholarly, but should be timely and relevant to the presentation
topic. The purpose of the short reading is to provide students the opportunity to relate the
readings to current affairs/events/developments that have a bearing on the
issues/themes/arguments in the assigned readings.
Ideally, there will be only one presenter on each topic. Where there are two presenters on
the same day, a division of labour that ensures an equitable work load between the
presenters and other students will be worked out, in consultation with the instructor.

Seminar Participation:
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Students are expected to come to each class having done all the required readings and to
be prepared to contribute regularly during the seminar sessions. Students not presenting
should prepare a few questions that reflect the central issues arising out of the readings
and that can form the basis of an agenda for the seminar discussion. It is essential that
you attend all seminars, as they constitute an important component of your grade. Failure
to attend a seminar will result in a grade of zero for that missed session, unless
documented explanation relating to personal illness or family emergency can be
provided. Regrettably, work conflicts do not constitute a valid reason for missing a
seminar. Students who miss a seminar for documented medical or emergency family
reasons are still expected to make up for the missed session, by preparing an additional
short review essay on the missed topic.
The success of the seminar depends on how well prepared you are, your willingness to
engage in seminar discussion, and the quality of the presentations. My role will be to
facilitate and guide informed discussions, not to lecture.
A note on technology: Computers/tablets/notebooks are allowed in this seminar,
provided they are used exclusively for the purpose of consulting assigned readings. I
allow this reluctantly, because if such devices are not used appropriately, they detract
from the valuable face time that the seminar experience affords. However, this concern
is balanced against the benefit of saving you costs as well as the environment. If I find
anyone using their device other than for the purpose of consulting assigned readings for
the course, I will deduct 10% from that persons seminar participation grade for that day.
Cell phones are to be turned off and stored out of sight and away from easy access.

The following schema provides a guide to the criteria I use for assigning seminar grades:

A- Has done all the readings and has a clear understanding of the main arguments in
them. Contributes regularly to discussion and offers informed analysis that draws on the
arguments in the assigned readings.

B - Has done the readings and has a fairly good understanding of the main arguments.
Contributes regularly to discussion for the most part, and makes useful comments that
draw from the assigned readings.

C - Not clear that all the readings have been done and/or, that an effort has been made
to reflect upon the key arguments that arise from the readings. Makes sporadic
contribution to discussion and arguments tend not to be well supported.

D or below - Little evidence that readings have been done, and comments reflect
improvisation rather then arguments backed up by the readings. Occasionally or rarely
contributes to the discussion.

Major Essay:

Students may write their major essays on an expanded version of their seminar
presentations. Students wishing to write their essays on a different topic from their
presentations must consult with the instructor before reading week. Essays should begin
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with an introduction that identifies the over-arching question that the topic pertains to,
and that identifies your own position/thesis/argument on the question. Your introduction
should also briefly indicate how the essay will be organized. Typically, essays will have
a section that outlines the broader global context in which the topic is situated (drawing
from readings in Part 1). Essays should also discuss the problem (e.g. human rights
abuses by corporations) that gave rise to the need for various forms of private global
governance arrangements. Students are strongly encouraged to show the instructor a
brief (200 words) outline of their essay after which we can meet to discuss. In addition to
assigned readings, students are required to conduct additional research by compiling a
wide variety of sources (minimum 12 sources) and including current news articles (where
relevant) to bring their topics up to date. Students are strongly encouraged to speak with
the instructor at any stage of the essay writing process.

The essay should be between 13-15 typed, double-spaced pages in length. The essay is
due April 10, 2017. Essays should be placed in the Political Science Departments essay
drop box, beside the administrative office. The departments policy on late papers will
apply (see below).
Note: Please refer to the attached departmental policy on late essays and academic
misconduct.
Academic Integrity:
Academic misconduct is a serious offence. The principle of academic integrity,
particularly of doing ones own work, documenting properly (including use of quotation
marks, appropriate paraphrasing and referencing/citation), collaborating appropriately,
and avoiding misrepresentation, is a core principle in university study. Students should
consult Section VII, Academic Misconduct, in the Academic Regulations and
University Polices entry in the Undergraduate Calendar, available at
http://brocku.ca/webcal to view a fuller description of prohibited actions, and the
procedures and penalties.

Students are required to submit their essays to Turnitin.com; details to follow. You,
in turn, have the right to refuse to submit your essay to Turnitin.com, but in that case, you
will be required to submit your research notes and rough drafts. Submitting the same
essay, or an essay with largely the same content, in more than one course is unacceptable,
and is a form of academic misconduct. If you have any doubts in this regard, please
consult with the instructor.

Texts

There is no assigned textbook for this seminar. Required readings will be posted on Sakai.

Weekly Seminar Readings

Note: A different reading may, at the instructors discretion, be substituted for those listed
below. No substitution will occur without prior consultation and consent of students. The
brief reading to be provided by students one week in advance of their seminar presentations
must be treated by all students as a required reading. Students are welcome to bring
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relevant outside readings to the attention of the class, which the instructor will post on
Sakai as Additional Sources.

PART 1: CONCEPTUALIZING PRIVATE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Session 1 Introduction and Organizational Session

January 9

Session 2 Globalization and Traditional Theorizing in IR

January 16

Barry Buzan and George Lawson (2014), Rethinking Benchmark Dates in International
Relations, European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 20 (2): 437-462
Maryann Cusimano Love (2011), Global Problems, Global Solutions in Love, ed.,
Beyond Sovereignty: Issues for a Global Agenda (Boston: Wadsworth): 1-42.
Robert D. Kaplan (2012), The Revenge of Geography Chapter 2, pp. 23-37 in The
Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells us about Coming Conflicts and the Battle
Against Fate, Random House. (Chapter 1, pp. 3-22 also included, FYI, not required.)
Hedley Bull (1977), The Decline of the State System? in The Anarchical Society: A
Study of Order in World Politics, Macmillan Press, pp. 257-281.

Recommended - For those with no prior background in IR/IPE, or who need a refresher:

James Caporaso and Mary Anne Madeira (2012), Introduction in Globalization,

Institutions and Governance, Sage Publications, pp. 1-16

Session 3 Conceptualizing Private Global Governance/Transnational

January 23 Governance/Hybrid Global Governance

Charles Roger and Peter Dauvergne (2016), The Rise of Transnational Governance as a
Field of Study, International Studies Review 18: 415-437.
J.G. Ruggie (2004), Reconstituting the Global Public Domain Issues, Actors, and
Practices, European Journal of International Relations 10(4): 499-531.
Deborah Avant, Martha Finnemore, and Susan Sell (2010) Who Governs the Globe? in
Avant, Finnemore and Sell (eds) Who Governs the Globe, Cambridge UP: pp. 1-26.
Thomas Hale and David Held (2011) Editors Introduction: Mapping Changes in
Transnational Governance in Hale and Held (eds) Handbook of Transnational
Governance: Institutions and Innovations, Polity: 1-29.

Recommended:

Tony Porter (2005) The Private Production of Public Goods: Private and Public
Norms in Global Governance, in E. Grande and L. Pauly, Complex Sovereignty:
Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-first Century, UofT Press: 217-237.
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Session 4 The Challenge of Delivering Global Public Goods:

January 30 Responsibility in Global Governance and the Emergence of
Private Authority

T. Erskine (2008), Locating Responsibility: The Problem of Moral Agency in

International Relations in C. Reus-Smit and D. Snidal, eds., The Oxford Handbook of
International Relations, Oxford University Press, pp. 699-707.
Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Silva (2011), Global Justice, Labour
Standards and Responsibility, Theoretical Inquiries in Law 12 (2): 439-464
Rodney Hall and Thomas Biersteker, (2002) The Emergence of Private Authority in the
International System, in Hall and Biersteker, The Emergence of Private Authority in
Global Governance, Cambridge UP: 3-9
Kenneth Abbott and Duncan Snidal (2009), The Governance Triangle: Regulatory
Standards Institutions and the Shadow of the State, in Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods,
The Politics of Global Regulation, (Princeton U Press, 2009: pp. 44-88

Recommended required for presenters and graduate students:

Claire Cutler, Virginia Haufler and Tony Porter (1999) Private Authority and
International Affairs in Cutler, Haufler and Porter Private Authority and International
Affairs, SUNY: 3-20.

Session 5 The Impact of Global Norms on Private Global Governance

February 6

Gillies, A (2010), "Reputational Concerns and the Emergence of the Oil Sector
Transparency as an International Norm." International Studies Quarterly 54: 103-
126.
Robert Falkner (2012), Global Environmentalism and the Greening of International
Society, International Affairs, 88,3: 503-522
Hevina S. Dashwood (2011) Sustainable Development Norms and CSR in the Global
Mining Sector in Julia Sagebien and Nicole Marie Lindsay (eds) Governance
Ecosystems: CSR in the Latin American Mining Sector, Palgrave: 31-46
Kelly Kollman, The Regulatory Power of Business Norms: A Call for a New Research
Agenda, International Studies Review, 10 (2008): 397-419.

Recommended:

Annegret Flohr et al. (2010) Introduction: Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship and Global

Governance and Basic Concepts and Assumptions in Flohr et al., The Role of Business
in Global Governance: Corporations as Norm-Entrepreneurs, Palgrave: 3-17 and 18-36.
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PART 2: ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PRACTICES OF PRIVATE GLOBAL

GOVERNANCE

Session 6 Actors of Private Global Governance: States, NGOs, Global

February 13 Companies, Consumers, Networks, etc.

Doris Fuchs (2013), Theorizing the Power of Global Companies, in J. Mikler, ed., The
Handbook of Global Companies, John Wiley & Sons: pp. 77-95.
Susan Sell and Aseem Prakash (2004), Using Ideas Strategically: The Contest Between
Business and NGO Networks in Intellectual Property Rights, International Studies
Quarterly, 48: 143-175.
Aarti Gupta, Steinar Andresen, Bernd Siebenhumer and Frank Biermann (2012), Science
Networks in Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg, eds., Global Environmental
Governance Reconsidered, MIT Press, pp. 69-93
MacLeod, Michael, and Jacob Park (2011), "Financial activism and global climate
change: The rise of investor-driven governance networks." Global Environmental
Politics 11 (2): 54-74.

Recommended:

King, Brayden G. (2008), "A social movement perspective of stakeholder collective

action and influence." Business & Society 47 (1): 21-49.

**February 20th: Reading Week No Classes**

Session 7 Corporate Social Responsibility: What motivates adoption?

February 27

Hevina S. Dashwood (2012), Major Developments in the Global Mining Industry in

Dashwood, The Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility: Mining and the Spread
of Global Norms, Cambridge UP: 73-93.
Tanja A. Brzel and Thomas Risse, Governance without a State: Can it Work?,
Regulation & Governance (2010) 4, 113134
Doris Fuchs and Agni Kalfagianni (2010), The Causes and Consequences of Private Food
Governance, Business and Politics, 12, 3: 1-34.
John Mikler, Varieties of Capitalism and the Auto Industrys Environmental Initiatives:
National Institutional Explanations for Firms Motivations, Business and Politics, 9,
1(2007): 1-38.
A Mucky Business (2015), The Economist, September 26: 23-25.

Recommended:

David Vogel (2010), The Private Regulation of Global Corporate Conduct:

Achievements and Limitations, Business and Society, March 49, 1: 68-87
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Session 8 Canadian Corporate Social Responsibility: What Role Should

March 6 the Canadian Government Play?

Stephanie Bangarth (2016), Vocal but not particularly strong? Air Canadas ill-fated
vacation package to Rhodesia and South Africa and the anti-apartheid movement in
Canada, International Journal Vol. 71, 3: 488-497.
Hevina S. Dashwood (2016), CSR in Fragile and Stable States: Dilemmas and
Opportunities in South Sudan and Ghana in Michael Carroll and Greg Donaghy, eds.,
From Kinshasa to Kandahar: Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective
(Calgary University Press): 207-235.
Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor (2016), 2016 Annual Report to Parliament:
May 2015 to May 2016, Global Affairs Canada, (November): 10 pages (aprox.)
http://international.gc.ca/csr_counsellor-conseiller_rse/publications/2016_annual_report-
rapport_annuel_2016.aspx?lang=eng#exec
Peter Mazareeuw (2016), Liberals seriously considering mining ombudsperson, says
federal CSR advisor, The Hill Times (November 9): 4 pages.
OECD Watch/Above Ground/Mining Watch Canada (2016), Canada is Back. But Still
Far Behind. An Assessment of Canadas National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines
for Multinational Enterprises (November): Read pp. 1-3; 17-21, and choose one of the
case studies.
http://www.aboveground.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Canada-is-Back-NCP-report-
web.pdf

Recommended:

Webb, K. (2012) 'Multi-level corporate responsibility and the mining sector: Learning
from the Canadian experience in Latin America', Business and Politics, 14 (3), 1-42.

**March 10: last day to withdraw without academic penalty**

PART 3: PRESSING CHALLENGES OF PRIVATE GLOBAL

GOVERNANCE

Session 9 Global Environmental Governance

March 13

Jennifer Clapp and Eric Helleiner (2012), International Political Economy and the
Environment: back to basics?, International Affairs, 88, 3: 485-501.
Peter Vandergeest (2007), Certification and Communities: Alternatives for
Regulating the Environmental and Social Impacts of Shrimp Farming World
Development, 35,7: 1152-71
Jamie Van Alstine (2014), Transparency in resource governance: the pitfalls and
potential of "new oil" in Sub-Saharan Africa, Global Environmental Politics, 14 (1): 20-
39.
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Jessica F. Green, Private Standards in the Climate Regime: The Greenhouse Gas
Protocol, Business and Politics, 12, 3 (2010): 1-37.

Recommended:

Paul Wapner (1995), Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic
Politics, World Politics, (April): 311-40. OR (for the theoretically inclined):
Jonas Meckling (2011) Introduction and Business and the Rise of Market-Based
Climate Governance in Carbon Coalitions: Business, Climate Politics and the Rise of
Emissions Trading, MIT Press: 1-15 and 167-199

Session 10 Human Rights, International Business and Global Governance

March 20th

John Gerard Ruggie (2013), Introduction: Why Business and Human Rights? pp. xv-l
and The Challenge pp. 1-36 in Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human
Rights, W.W. Norton
John G. Ruggie (2008). Protect, Respect and Remedy: A framework for business and
human rights. Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on
the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
UN Doc. A/HRC/8/5: pp. 1-9 (entire document is attached, FYI)
Peter Singer (2005), Outsourcing War, Foreign Affairs (March/April) 84, 2: 119-132
Sorcha MacLeod (2015), Private Security Companies and Shared Responsibility: The
Turn to Multistakeholder Standard-Setting and Monitoring through Self-Regulation-
Plus, Netherlands International Law Review, 62, 1 (April): 119-40.
J. Andrew Grant (2011) The Kimberley Process at Ten: Reflections on a
Decade of Efforts to End the Trade in Conflict Diamonds. In Pivi Lujala
and Siri Aas Rustad, eds. High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict
Peacebuilding, New York: Earthscan / Taylor & Francis, 159-179.

Recommended:

Denis Arnold (2010), Transnational Corporations and the Duty to Respect Basic Human
Rights, Business Ethics Quarterly, 20, 3 (2010): 371-399.

Session 11 Labour and Global Governance

March 27

International Labour Organization (2008), Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair

Globalization, pp. 1-16 (dont need to read appendix)
Gereffi, Gary, Ronie Garcia-Johnson, and Erika Sasser (2001), The NGO-Industrial
Complex Foreign Policy, 125 (July/Aug): 56-65.
Tim Bartley (2007), Institutional Emergence in an Era of Globalization: The Rise
of Transnational Private Regulation of Labor and Environmental Conditions. American
Journal of Sociology 113, 2: 297-351.
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Tim Bartley and Doug Kincaid (2015) The Mobility of Industries and the Limits of
Corporate Social Responsibility: Labor Codes of Conduct in Indonesian Factories in
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World, Cambridge UP, pp. 393-429
Phil Robertson (2015), Bangladesh: 2 Years after Rana Plaza Workers Denied Rights,
Human Rights Watch, April 22:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/22/bangladesh-2-years-after-rana-plaza-workers-
denied-rights

Recommended:

Margaret Levi and April Linton, Fair Trade: A Cup at a Time?, Politics and Society, 31,
3 (September 2003): 417-432.

Session 12 Assessing Private Global Governance: Legitimacy,

April 3 Accountability and Effectiveness

Steven Bernstein and Benjamin Cashore (2007) Can Non-State Global Governance Be
Legitimate? An Analytical Framework. Regulation and Governance 1 (4): 347371.
Klaus Dingwerth, The Democratic Legitimacy of Public-Private Rule-Making: What can
we Learn from the World Commission on Dams?, Global Governance, 11 (2005): 65-
83.
Deborah Avant, Martha Finnemore and Susan Sell (2010), Conclusion: Authority,
Legitimacy and Accountability in Global Politics in Avant, Finnemore and Sell (eds)
Who Governs the Globe, Cambridge UP: 356-370.
Louis Pauly and Edgar Grande (2007) Reconstituting Political Authority: Sovereignty,
Effectiveness, and Legitimacy in a Transnational Order in Complex Sovereignty:
Reconstituting Political Authority in the Twenty-first Century, UofT Press: 3-21.

Recommended:

Frederick Bird et al. (2016), The Globalization of Business Ethics, in The Practice of
Global Ethics (Edinburgh University Press): 244-270.

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Academic Accommodation:
As part of Brock University's commitment to a respectful work and learning
environment, the University will make every reasonable effort to accommodate all
members of the university community with disabilities. If you require academic
accommodations related to a documented disability to participate in this course, you are
encouraged to contact Services for Students with Disabilities in the Student Development
Centre (4th floor Schmon Tower, ex. 3240). You are also encouraged to discuss any
accommodations with the instructor well in advance of due dates and scheduled
assessments.
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Academic Accommodation due to Religious Obligations:

Brock University acknowledges the pluralistic nature of the undergraduate and graduate
communities such that accommodations will be made for students who, by reason of
religious obligation, must miss an examination, test, assignment deadline, laboratory or
other compulsory academic event. Students requesting academic accommodation on the
basis of religious obligation should make a formal, written request to their instructor(s)
for alternative dates and/or means of satisfying requirements.

Medical Exemption Policy:

The University requires that a student be medically examined in Health Services, or by an
off-campus physician prior to an absence due to medical reasons from an exam, lab, test,
quiz, seminar, assignment, etc. The Medical Certificate can be found at:
http://www.brocku.ca/health-services/policies/exemption

Mental Health:
Counselling/advice/information can be obtained from a variety of services/sources:

Confidential Personal Counselling on Campus

To make an appointment to see a counsellor call 905-688-5550 extension 4750 during
regular office hours (8:30 - 12:00, 1:00 - 4:30) or visit the Student Development Centre
(ST400) during office hours.
https://brocku.ca/personal-counselling

Student Justice Centre

A space safe on campus that provides listening, support, and referral services. Services
are available Monday through Friday 9:00-5:00 (TH252A) by appointment or drop in.
www.brocksjc.ca

I.M. Well App

The I.M. Well app aims to address the stigma surrounding mental wellness by connecting
students to the appropriate services on campus and within the community. This is an
educational tool that covers a wide variety of topics such as anxiety, depression,
transition and addiction. This app also offers a 24/7 live chat with mental health
professionals.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eapexpert.iamwell&hl=en
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/im-well/id1150435727?mt=8

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

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STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT

Because academic integrity is vital to the well-being of the university community, Brock
University takes academic misconduct very seriously. Academic misconduct includes
plagiarism, which involves presenting the words and ideas of another person as if they were
your own, and other forms of cheating, such as using crib notes during a test or fabricating
data for a lab assignment. The penalties for academic misconduct can be very severe. A grade
of zero may be given for the assignment or even for the course, and a second offense may
result in suspension from the University. Students are urged to read the section of the Brock
University Undergraduate Calendar that pertains to academic misconduct. Students are also
reminded that the Student Development Centre (Schmon Tower, Room 400) offers free
workshops on writing and study skills and on avoiding plagiarism.

POLICY ON LATE ESSAYS

The policy of the Department is that essays received by the instructor or deposited in the
Political Science department Essay box after 4:00 p.m. or at a time designated by the
instructor, of the date on which they were due will be penalized two per cent for each day
late from Monday through Friday and five per cent for the period from Friday 4:00 p.m.
to Monday 8:30 a.m., and that no paper will be accepted two weeks after the due date.

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An essay is considered received when the original hard copy (printed-not disk) of the
paper is in the hands of the instructor or in the box outside the Political Science
Departments office. (ALL ESSAYS MUST INCLUDE A TITLE PAGE WITH THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION CLEARLY MARKED: STUDENT NUMBER, TA
and INSTRUCTORS NAME, COURSE NAME and NUMBER).
Having an essay date-stamped by security, or the library, or anyone else does not constitute
receipt of the essay by the Political Science Department. Instructors may require that
essays be submitted electronically through turnitin.com. In this case, students must consult
with the Instructor on what constitutes a late essay.
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Instructors may establish more restrictive deadlines or more severe penalties in particular
courses check the course outline. Extensions of due dates are granted only in
circumstances that are beyond the students control, such as health problems that are
supported by a medical certificate or other, clearly equivalent, situations.

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Time management problems are not grounds for extensions. You are strongly urged to
avoid these penalties by beginning to work on essays early in the term; by setting your own
target dates for completion that are several days before the due date; and by carefully
budgeting your time.

POLICY ON RETURNING MARKED ESSAYS

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Marked essays will normally be returned during class meetings or at the final
examination. Students who are not in class to receive their essays or do not receive them
at the final examination can obtain them in two ways:
directly from the instructor during his/her office hours (unless the instructor specifies in the
course outline or by notice on his/her office door that this option is not available), and/or
directly from the instructor on specific days and at specific times announced in class or posted
on his/her office door.