Let professors decide punishment for cheating

We want to encourage students to take responsibility for promoting academic honesty by reporting any incidents of cheating to the appropriate professor or administrator. However, we do not believe students should be forced to sign an honor code that requires them to turn in other students for cheating. While we believe that it is the correct decision to blow the whistle on any offenders, we do not feel it is appropriate to punish those students who decide not to report cheating that they are awa