Originally Posted by Unregistered

A formal charge will mean you are in serious trouble. If there isn't a formal charge but your bosses are informed, you will be in less serious trouble, but still have trouble. Unless you are a star scholar, or your bosses love you and are willing to put it behind them (both highly unlikely), expect some repercussions. It could be a CEP downgrade, a performance grade downgrade, a lower ranking, or all 3. Even small things can sway impressions about performance (it's never 100% objective). This sort of character-revealing incident won't help.