Purchasing Principles SPM 103– Syllabus

Class Schedule

• Tuesday’s – 1 hour lecture

• Labs at your scheduled day/times

Course Resources and Textbook

Required Textbook:
Title: Purchasing and Supply Management, Johnson
Edition: 17th
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Authors: P. Fraser Johnson
ISBN: 978-1-266-27111-2

Classroom Expectations

Attendance will be taken at each class (this includes both the lecture and labs) each week. This will be done by signing in via the
Class “Sign-In” sheet. If you cannot attend a class, will be late or need to leave early, please ensure you email the instructor PRIOR to
the corresponding date/time to let them know in advance. Under no circumstances should a student sign in for another student, this
is a violation of academic integrity and will be treated as a form of academic misconduct.

Assessment attendance: it is imperative that students attend all classes, especially those classes with an assessment in them. All
students should strive to attend these assessment classes; however, if an unexpected commitment comes up where a student
cannot attend, please ensure an email is sent to the instructor so that alternate arrangements can be made.
Email correspondence: All email correspondence with the instructor must be through St. Clair College email address. You can reach
me at my email: jsavoni@stclaircollege.ca

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to comply with St. Clair College's academic integrity requirements as set out in the Code of Student Rights
and Responsibilities.
All students should ensure completion of the Academic Integrity Tutorial "Learn It to Earn It". The tutorial is available to you on
Blackboard (Bb). If you have not already received your Certificate of Completion, go to the tutorial on Bb and complete it before next
week's class.
Additional information about academic integrity is available on the College website: see Learning With Integrity.
Academic integrity is expected of everyone in this course. This means that you must be honest, fair, responsible, respectful, and
trustworthy in all of your actions. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated because it undermines the learning process.
All academic integrity violations in this course will result in academic penalties and be reported as required by the College's Policy.
Academic misconduct will result in academic consequences, up to and including a failing grade (F) in the course. Additionally, all
reports of academic integrity violations are reviewed by the Chair and may result in further administrative penalties.
If you have any questions about what the academic integrity requirements are in this course or if you have any doubts about what
constitutes academic misconduct, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Guidelines for Academic Integrity in the Course

Avoiding Plagiarism
Scholarly work builds on the ideas and work of others. When we use the ideas or work of others, we must give them credit
accordingly. When you use work from any other source in this course, it will be essential that you reference it.
When a student fails to reference or cite the source of another's work, they are passing that work on as their own. This is known as
plagiarism. Whether intentional or accidental, plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct that carries academic penalties.
If you are not clear about how you are expected to reference outside work in your submissions, please ask your instructor for
clarification.

Working with Other Students: Prohibited for Individual Assignments

Working with others on individual assignments is prohibited unless specifically authorized by me. If you are unsure whether working
with others is authorized, please ask me.
Collaboration that is not authorized means that the final work submitted for grading includes undisclosed contributions from others
and is no longer solely the work of the individual student. The work is enhanced by the contributions of others and students who
submit this work are attempting to gain marks in an unfair manner.
Working with other students without authorization is known as "unauthorized collaboration".
Unauthorized collaboration may involve:
• working with one or more individuals on the method or approach needed to answer a question or complete an assignment
• discussing how to solve an assigned task in such a way that the final answer is no longer a demonstration of a student's own
abilities
• writing the answers together or working through the problem together so that the completed work is similar in content,
structure, and style
• sharing work or comparing answers to see what needs to be included or altered before submitting the work for grading

Unauthorized collaboration is a form of academic misconduct which will result in academic penalty. It will not matter whether the
unauthorized collaboration was done in person or whether it was done through digital communications (i.e. sharing answers on
WhatsApp).
Working with Other Students: Study Groups
Students are allowed to form study groups so that students can help each other learn the material. Study groups, for example, can
come together to study for a test in cases where students do not have questions to the test in advance. Students in study groups can
discuss concepts, problems, questions or cases from the textbook. Students in study groups can work together to create study notes
or quiz each other in preparation for a test. Study groups should not be used to work together on a specific assignment that will be
submitted individually for grading.

Academic Integrity and Assessments in this Courses

Individual Project: 15%
All work that you submit should be completed by you and submitted by you. Any outside assistance (paid or unpaid) to revise,
correct, or alter your work, requires my written permission.
All students are expected to submit only original work done by you and acknowledging all sources of information or ideas used:
• Do not copy or use any portion of work completed by other students.
• Do not share your work with any other students.
• Do not use online "homework" sites to complete your assignments. Do not use Chegg, Course Hero, or any other online
resource that provides you with "answers" to assignment questions.
• Use your own words. Do not use Spinbot or other online tools to replace words. Ensure that you understand - and can
explain - your own written work.
• Do not mislead: if you have use outside resources in your work, you will need to ensure that the person reading the work can
differentiate between what are your words or ideas and words or ideas borrowed by another source. Information about how
to properly reference resources you use in your work will be provided to you at the time you receive the assignment.
• Do not buy/sell/swap/share assignment questions or answers on any platform.
• Do not misrepresent your identity by using someone else to complete any portion of a course.

Group Case Study 25%

There is a group project in this course. Students will be provided with comprehensive instructions when the group project is assigned
and a marking rubric. In the case of the group project, working with the other members of your group is authorized and, therefore,
not a form of unauthorized collaboration or misconduct. However, principles of academic integrity continue to apply even to group
projects. The project submission must still ensure that outside resources are properly cited. Additionally, only members in your
group may contribute to the project (collaborating with other groups or students is prohibited). Lastly, it is academic misconduct to
allow a student's name to be included in the group project submission if the student did not contribute to the project.
Group Role Play Exercise 20%
Students must be in attendance for participation in this assessment. There are no make-up opportunities. If there is any issue with
your attendance on the scheduled date of this assessment, you must notify the instructor in writing as soon as the issue is known to
you. This exercise may require recording. The submission of any work in this course must be by the student whose work it is. Do not
put any other student's name on work submitted for grading. A portion of this work, including the reflective exercise, will be an
individual assessment (see rules above for individual assessments).

Midterm Exam (20%) and Final Exam (20%)

Tests in this course will follow the requirements established in the College's policy: Examination Regulations. Violations of the
regulations are a form of academic misconduct known as "cheating". Cheating, like other forms of academic misconduct, will be
reported and will result in serious academic penalties. Exams are closed book assessments.