In order to properly administer the newly established Honor System, the Honor Council was founded in 1900, and the first constitution and bylaws were written in 1905. Since then, the Council has had a three-fold purpose: to secure justice for any student under suspicion of dishonesty, to vindicate his/her/their name if innocent, and if guilty, to protect the honor and standing of the remaining students. Perhaps the finest feature of our Honor System is that the Council is comprised entirely of students, demonstrating our philosophy that your friends and fellow students here at Vanderbilt are the people most concerned with the preservation of your integrity and that of the University.
For more detailed information regarding the Undergraduate Honor Council and Honor Code violations, please visit the Undergraduate Honor Council’s website.