AI Statement on Student Use of Generative-AI Tools
1. Purpose Experiential Learning Solutions LLC is committed to preserving the educational value and competitive integrity of the simulation. This statement clarifies how students may—and may not—use external generative-AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek) while participating in Bevco Business Simulation–enabled coursework.
Note: The Bevco Business Simulation platform itself does not currently employ AI. All simulation outcomes are produced by proprietary, rules-based algorithms that process team decision entries after each round and return results within roughly 15–20 minutes. This statement applies only to external AI tools that students may use to assist with decision-making, analysis, or content creation.
2. Data Privacy & Security
- Data we collect: team decision entries, login metadata, and simulation performance reports.
- Legal compliance: Bevco Business Simulation observes U.S. FERPA requirements and aligns with major privacy frameworks such as GDPR and CCPA. Instructors should verify any additional regional mandates that apply to their institution or students.
3. Permitted Uses of External AI
| Allowed | Example Scenarios |
|---|---|
| Brainstorm strategic ideas | “Suggest differentiation tactics for a nutritional beverage brand.” |
| Clarify terminology or formulas | “Explain Gross Margin vs. Operating Margin in plain English.” |
| Draft agendas or outlines | Preparing team slide decks or executive summaries. |
| Summarizing lengthy sources | Quickly condense help documents for key take-aways. |
Students must cite any AI-generated text, charts, or code they incorporate into deliverables (e.g., reflection papers, investor presentations) using the citation style required by the instructor.
4. Prohibited Uses of External AI
- Automating decision entries — Uploading company data into an AI tool and asking for “optimal” numeric decisions.
- Reverse-engineering competitors — Feeding peers’ proprietary data (screenshots, copied reports) into AI systems.
- Misrepresenting authorship — Submitting AI-generated analysis without attribution.
- Circumventing assessment integrity — Using AI to answer built-in quizzes or fabricate peer-evaluation comments.
- Mass-testing decisions via scripts — Using AI code to brute-force thousands of what-if scenarios.
- Uploading copyrighted Bevco Business Simulation content — Feeding bevcosim.com content, quiz banks, or algorithms to public AI tools.
- Feeding competitors’ private data — Sharing other teams’ reports or screenshots with an AI service.
- Auto-generating reflection papers — Submitting AI-written journals or peer reviews as original work.
- AI chat-bots impersonating teammates — Letting bots post in team meetings or discussion boards.
- Real-time quiz cheating — Using AI to read and answer timed assessments on the fly.
- Deep-fake audio or video — Submitting synthetic interviews or press conferences as authentic media.
- Scraping site traffic — Mining HTML or network calls with AI to reverse-engineer simulation algorithms.
- Bulk AI translation for redistribution — Auto-translating full documents and posting them publicly.
- Publishing “optimal decision recipes” — Archiving or selling AI-generated step-by-step solutions.
Violations are treated as academic misconduct under your institution’s honor code.
5. Instructor Responsibilities
- Communicate expectations early: Embed this policy in the syllabus and discuss it before the first decision round.
- Set assignment-specific rules: Indicate whether AI-assisted drafting is allowed for reflection papers, strategic plans, etc.
- Enforcement & appeals: Establish clear penalties and an appeals process for suspected misuse.
6. Accessibility & Inclusion
Any AI-generated content shared with classmates or instructors must meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards (e.g., alt-text for images, captions for videos).
7. Continuous Improvement
This statement will be reviewed annually—or sooner if material changes in AI capabilities, regulations, or institutional policies occur. Feedback may be sent to support@bevcosim.com
8. Contact
If you have questions or would like to leave constructive feedback on how we might improve this AI Statement, please send us an email at support@bevcosim.com
Last updated: 22 August 2025