Dishonerable Conduct

Recently I reread (or finally read) a document circulated to me at the beginning of every semester on how to handle academic dishonesty. According to this document, I can flunk students for acting dishonerably. The people who wrote the document were trying very hard to cover all the possible bases they could concerning cheaters, as well as people who want to beat their teachers up. With these areas in mind, they included this catch all about dishonerable action.

I can flunk people for dishonerable conduct...

Now, definitions here might be a bit subjective. Sure. I'll say that. One person's dishonerable conduct is different than another's, yes? Let's see...grade grubbing and not spell checking seem fairly dishonerable. I'd say, anyway. How about a cell phone ringing. Or...I know...not having read the f'ing material.

This document, if I'm not mistaken, may give me the power to turn the American collegiate system back around. "I'm sorry this essay just isn't very good...it dishoners this hallowed institution. You flunk."

Now, of course, they'd fire me. There's no himming or hawing over that, but then...couldn't I just point to this document which they give to me every semester and think of it as grounds for a lawsuit. After all, they say themselves that I can flunk people for dishonerable conduct...I'm just following the suggestion really. Perhaps they keep giving it out as a kind of hint.