Honor & Integrity at Smeal

Integrity matters at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. It stands as a fundamental part of our culture and permeates what we do as a leading business school both in and out of our classrooms.

Nittany Lion Signing the Honor Code The Smeal College of Business community is committed to an Honor Code that says, “We, the Smeal College of Business community, aspire to the highest ethical standards and will hold each other accountable to them. We will not engage in any action that is improper or that creates the appearance of impropriety in our academic lives, and we intend to hold to this standard in our future careers.” We also aspire to cultivate ethical leadership by challenging each other to strive for greatness while demanding that our successes come only from fair and ethical means. We invite all those who engage with the Smeal College of Business community to join in our efforts.

Be a part of our culture. Sign the Honor Code online here.

Message from the Dean

Honor & Integrity DNA Mark Dear Smeal Community,

At the Smeal College of Business, an essential goal is to prepare our students to enter the workplace with the highest standards of integrity. Our commitment to ethical behavior is an absolute necessity for using business as a force for good in the world.

Led by the Honor and Integrity Director, we strive to promote a culture of integrity that spans awareness to accountability. We encourage everyone in our community—students, faculty, and staff—to speak up when something seems wrong, hold each other accountable, and always act with integrity. We also urge our alumni and recruiters to lead by example and represent Smeal positively and ethically in their professional lives.

The Smeal Honor Code, established by Penn State Smeal MBA students in 2006, actively empowers our community to support a culture of integrity. Each semester, we hold a signing of the Honor Code for all members of our community to commit or reaffirm their support of this code. This is just one of many ways to get involved with integrity initiatives around the college.

I encourage you to actively engage with our integrity initiatives in a way that fits your role in the college. Together, we can reinforce the ethical reputation of our college and University.

Best regards,

Corey Phelps
John and Karen Arnold Dean

Smeal Honor Code

We, the Smeal College of Business Community,
aspire to the highest ethical standards
and will hold each other accountable to them.
We will not engage in any action that is improper
or that creates the appearance of impropriety in our academic lives,
and we intend to hold to this standard in our future careers.

Email us: Integrity@smeal.psu.edu