Why Academic Integrity?
Academic integrity and academic ethics concern all of us -whether we are students, faculty, or administrators. But this is not all. Academic integrity ought to concern society in general since it very well might be the case that the habits ingrained in students (and in faculty) in their academic endeavors spill over into both their public and private lives. Granted, we live in a society in which it often seems that all that matters is the “bottom line” and in which “the ends justify the means.” We all know, or at least we all should know, that this is not what we wish from others – or from ourselves. When you think about it this way, it is apparent, too, that academic ethics apply just as much to faculty as they do to students. Our attention as faculty members often, if not usually, turns to the behavior of students in testing and research contexts. We employ means such as the use of turnitin.com and Google searches to try to find out when (after the fact) our students have plagiarized
Related Questions
- What default grade should I assign if there is an outstanding academic integrity violation under review at the time grades are due?
- What grade should I assign if there is an academic integrity violation associated with completion of the missing work?
- What are the U-M College of Engineering policies on academic integrity?
