Academic Integrity
What is Academic Integrity:
Academic integrity is the ethical and moral code of conduct that governs the behavior of students, scholars, and academic professionals in the pursuit of knowledge and the creation of new ideas. It encompasses a set of values, principles, and standards that promote honesty, fairness, trust, respect, responsibility, and accountability in all academic activities, including teaching, learning, research, publication, and service. Academic integrity requires individuals to uphold high standards of intellectual honesty and to avoid any form of academic misconduct, such as plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, falsification, and collusion. It is essential for maintaining the credibility, quality, and reputation of academic institutions and for ensuring the fair and equitable evaluation of academic work.
Academic integrity is the ethical and moral code of conduct that governs the behavior of students, scholars, and academic professionals in the pursuit of knowledge and the creation of new ideas. It encompasses a set of values, principles, and standards that promote honesty, fairness, trust, respect, responsibility, and accountability in all academic activities, including teaching, learning, research, publication, and service. Academic integrity requires individuals to uphold high standards of intellectual honesty and to avoid any form of academic misconduct, such as plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, falsification, and collusion. It is essential for maintaining the credibility, quality, and reputation of academic institutions and for ensuring the fair and equitable evaluation of academic work.
Categories of Academic Misconduct
What is Academic Misconduct:
Academic misconduct is an act by a student, or by students working on a team project, which may result in a false evaluation of the student(s), or which represents an attempt to unfairly gain an academic advantage, where the student either knew or ought reasonably to have known that it was misconduct. Whether or not a student intended to commit academic misconduct is not relevant for a finding of academic misconduct. Hurried or careless submission of assignments does not excuse students from responsibility for verifying the academic integrity of their work before submitting it. (Wilfred Laurier University, n.d)
Academic misconduct is an act by a student, or by students working on a team project, which may result in a false evaluation of the student(s), or which represents an attempt to unfairly gain an academic advantage, where the student either knew or ought reasonably to have known that it was misconduct. Whether or not a student intended to commit academic misconduct is not relevant for a finding of academic misconduct. Hurried or careless submission of assignments does not excuse students from responsibility for verifying the academic integrity of their work before submitting it. (Wilfred Laurier University, n.d)
Plagiarism:
This involves using the thoughts, ideas, or writings of another person and passing them off as your own (adapted from the Oxford English Dictionary definition). It can involve taking credit for ideas that were not your own or using the words of others without properly citing them.
Cheating:
The most common form of cheating is looking at someone else’s work during an exam or test, but it can also involve most of the other types of misconduct listed here.
Impersonating Another Person in a Test or Exam:
This includes having another person write a test or exam in your place, either in person or online.
Buying or Otherwise Obtaining Term Papers or Assignments:
If you submit work that someone else wrote, whether you paid for it or not, it is academic misconduct.
Use of Unauthorized Aids During a Test or Exam:
Unauthorized aids include anything that has not been cleared with your instructors as being allowed during the exam. You are allowed to have only the items that you will need to write the exam with you at your desk, and all your other belongings will need to be placed at the front of the room (including your phone, computer or use if artificial intelligence).
Unauthorized Collaboration:
When you work with others (for example, on an assignment) when the instructor expects you to work on your own, it is considered to be unauthorized collaboration.
Falsifying, Misrepresenting or Forging an Academic Record or Supporting Document:
If you are found to have changed, omitted, or forged any of those documents related to your admission to St. Paul's, your offer of admission can be revoked. Forging doctor’s notes is also considered to be academic misconduct.
This involves using the thoughts, ideas, or writings of another person and passing them off as your own (adapted from the Oxford English Dictionary definition). It can involve taking credit for ideas that were not your own or using the words of others without properly citing them.
Cheating:
The most common form of cheating is looking at someone else’s work during an exam or test, but it can also involve most of the other types of misconduct listed here.
Impersonating Another Person in a Test or Exam:
This includes having another person write a test or exam in your place, either in person or online.
Buying or Otherwise Obtaining Term Papers or Assignments:
If you submit work that someone else wrote, whether you paid for it or not, it is academic misconduct.
Use of Unauthorized Aids During a Test or Exam:
Unauthorized aids include anything that has not been cleared with your instructors as being allowed during the exam. You are allowed to have only the items that you will need to write the exam with you at your desk, and all your other belongings will need to be placed at the front of the room (including your phone, computer or use if artificial intelligence).
Unauthorized Collaboration:
When you work with others (for example, on an assignment) when the instructor expects you to work on your own, it is considered to be unauthorized collaboration.
Falsifying, Misrepresenting or Forging an Academic Record or Supporting Document:
If you are found to have changed, omitted, or forged any of those documents related to your admission to St. Paul's, your offer of admission can be revoked. Forging doctor’s notes is also considered to be academic misconduct.
References:
Wilfrid Laurier University. (n.d.). Types of academic misconduct. Retrieved from https://students.wlu.ca/academics/academic-integrity/types-of-academic-misconduct.html#:~:text=Unauthorized%20collaboration%20on%20individual%20assignments,academic%20record%20or%20 supporting%20document
Wilfrid Laurier University. (n.d.). Types of academic misconduct. Retrieved from https://students.wlu.ca/academics/academic-integrity/types-of-academic-misconduct.html#:~:text=Unauthorized%20collaboration%20on%20individual%20assignments,academic%20record%20or%20 supporting%20document
Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity
Activity (Jig Saw)
Part 1:
In your groups. read the attached document for the fundamental value you were assigned. Take notes on your worksheet. Discuss the following.
In your groups. read the attached document for the fundamental value you were assigned. Take notes on your worksheet. Discuss the following.
- The definition of your assigned fundamental value
- Give examples in your life relating to this value
- How does this value related to the mission and vision of St. Paul's. (St Paul's High School - Mission (stpauls.mb.ca))
- Switch groups as indicated by Mrs. Latimer
- There should be at least one person from each value represented.
- Share the answers from your value with the new group and take notes on the worksheet
- Submit your worksheet to Mrs. Latimer
- 18 marks
20019_icai-fundamental-values_r12.pdf |