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What is Academic Integrity?
Academic integrity has multiple definitions, traditionally focusing on negative aspects such as plagiarism and cheating. More recent research takes a more holistic and positive view of academic integrity, merging the term with the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility in learning, teaching, and research.
In simplest terms, it requires acknowledging the contributions of other people through citing their work. Failure to provide such acknowledgment is considered plagiarism.
How Do You Maintain Academic Integrity?
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Truthfully report your research
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Acknowledge where the information you use comes from
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Use information appropriately, according to copyright and privacy laws
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Do not present other people's work as your own
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Act in an ethical manner in all your academic endeavors
Turner, M. (n.d.). LibGuides: Academic integrity: Academic integrity. Retrieved September 10, 2020, from https://latrobe.libguides.com/c.php?g=414025&p=4081492
What Constitutes Academic Dishonesty?
What is Academic Dishonesty?
Plagiarism, cheating in exams or assignments, impersonation in exams, collusion, theft of another student’s work, sabotage of another student’s learning/assessment, paying a third party for assignments, downloading whole assignments (or parts of assignments) from the Internet (including file-sharing sites), falsification of data, misrepresentation of records, and fraudulent research and publishing practices (Bretag, 2019).
Plagiarism:
Simply put, plagiarism is the process of taking other people’s words and/or ideas and pretending that they are your own.
Cheating:
Cheating is defined as fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment.
Fabrication or Falsifying:
Fabrication involves inventing or counterfeiting information, i.e., creating results not obtained in a study or laboratory experiment. Falsification, on the other hand, involves deliberately altering or changing results to suit one’s needs in an experiment or other academic exercise.
Collusion:
Collusion is the unauthorized collaboration on work (written, oral, or practical) that should be done individually.
Adapted from:
Bretag, T., Harper, R., Burton, M., Ellis, C., Newton, P., Rozenberg, P., et al. (2019). Contract cheating: A survey of Australian university students. Studies in Higher Education, 44(11), 1-20. doi:10.1080/03075079.2018.1462788
The University of Colorado Denver, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. (2017). Definition of Academic Dishonesty.
Relevant E-Books
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Correcting the scholarly record for research integrity : in the aftermath of plagiarism by This volume is the first book-length study on post-publication responses to academic plagiarism in humanities disciplines. It demonstrates that the correction of the scholarly literature for plagiarism is not a task for editors and publishers alone; each member of the research community has an indispensable role in maintaining the integrity of the published literature in the aftermath of plagiarism. If untreated, academic plagiarism damages the integrity of the scholarly record, corrupts the surrounding academic enterprise, and creates inefficiencies across all levels of knowledge production.Call Number: 1062418407ISBN: 9783319994352 -
Handbook of Academic Integrity by The book brings together diverse views from around the world and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, beginning with different definitions of academic integrity through how to create the ethical academy. At the same time, the Handbook does not shy away from some of the vigorous debates in the field such as the causes of academic integrity breaches. There has been an explosion of interest in academic integrity in the last 10-20 years. New technologies that have made it easier than ever for students to 'cut and paste', coupled with global media scandals of high profile researchers behaving badly, have resulted in the perception that plagiarism is 'on the rise'. This, in combination with the massification and commercialisation of higher education, has resulted in a burgeoning interest in the importance of academic integrity, how to safeguard it and how to address breaches appropriately.ISBN: 9789812870988Publication Date: 2016 -
Psychology of Academic Cheating by Who cheats and why? How do they cheat? What are the consequences? What are the ways of stopping it before it starts? These questions and more are answered in this research based investigation into the nature and circumstances of Academic Cheating. Cheating has always been a problem in academic settings, and with advances in technology (camera cell phones, the internet) and more pressure than ever for students to test well and get into top rated schools, cheating has become epidemic. At the same time, it has been argued, the moral fiber of society as a whole has dampened to find cheating less villainous than it was once regarded. Who cheats? Why do they cheat? and Under what circumstances? Psychology of Academic Cheating looks at personality variables of those likely to cheat, but also the circumstances that make one more likely than not to try cheating. Research on the motivational aspects of cheating, and what research has shown to prevent cheating is discussed across different student populations, ages and settings.ISBN: 9780123725417Publication Date: 2006-11-17 -
