Honor code.

A jusCode Academy certificate means something only if everyone who holds one earned it on their own. This is what we ask of you when you sit for an exam, and what we’ll do if we suspect it was violated.

What honest participation looks like

• · You answer the questions yourself, from your own knowledge and judgment.
• · You don’t use another person, another browser tab, an LLM, or any other AI assistant during the exam.
• · You don’t share the questions you saw with anyone else, before or after the exam.
• · You don’t share your jusCode Academy account with anyone else for the purpose of taking an exam.

What we may do

• · Review attempts. Attempts can be flagged for review based on response patterns, timing, or external reports. We do not use real-time AI-content detection at launch, but we reserve the right to add it.
• · Revoke certificates. If we determine an attempt was AI-assisted, completed by someone other than the account holder, or otherwise violated the rules above, we may revoke the certificate. Revoked certificates remain at their public URL but display a clear “Revoked” status and the date.
• · No refund on revocation. Any wallet credit already granted to you (the Competency instant credit, or the completion credit on pass) stays in your wallet. It was for paying, not for passing. The exam fee itself is non-refundable per the rules below.

Refund and retry policy: Readiness ($10 tier)

• · $10 USD per Readiness cert. No refunds.
• · Your first-ever Readiness cert is $5 (50% off, lifetime once). The server computes this from your attempt history.
• · On any Readiness submission you receive a 50% off coupon for your next Readiness cert, valid 30 days. Issued automatically at submit time. One active coupon at a time per account.
• · Bundle of 3 Readiness credits for $10. Credits never expire.
• · One attempt per purchase. Failed the exam? You may pay $2 once per certification to retry it, after a 2-hour reflection gate. The retry slot is single-use per (account, cert).
• · If our server fails mid-exam (rare), we auto-grant a free re-attempt, no new payment.

Refund and retry policy: Competency ($25 tier)

• · $25 USD per Competency attempt. No refunds.
• · $5 USD instant credit lands in your jusCode wallet on purchase. You keep it whether you pass or fail.
• · Pass and an additional $5 USD wallet credit is granted.
• · One attempt per payment. Next purchase available 2 hours after submit.
• · If our server fails mid-exam (rare), we auto-grant a free re-attempt, no new payment.

Why we care

A certificate that’s easy to get without actually knowing the material is worth nothing: to the holder, to employers who see it, and to everyone else who took the exam honestly. The honor code keeps the certificate meaningful.