Academic Integrity

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the increasing number of plagiarisms, cheatings and misrepresentations done not only by students but by faculty members themselves. The paper notes how technological changes have only made plagiarism and cheating easier. The paper believes in the importance of teaching students and academic staff academic integrity and recommends adapting Donald McCabe and Gary Pavela's "Ten Principles of Academic Integrity."

From the Paper:

"The world we now live in is a fast paced, constantly changing and globalize world. We are inundated with fast food, fast lane, quick service, instant opportunity and sometime "making the quick buck." In the days of our forebears, life was simple: you grow up, go to school, get a job, find a partner, have a family, build a house and grow old gracefully. Then your kids go through the same rigors. Values and ethics then were crystal clear and there was an easy differentiation of black and white. Then was a time when a man's word was good enough and a handshake was an unbreakable bond built on honor, trust and integrity."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Groark, Marie, Oblinger, Diana & Choa Miranda. (2001, September/October). Term paper mills, anti-plagiarism tools and academic integrity. [Online] Retrieved April 30, 2007 from the EDUCAUSE database on the Website: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0153.pdf
• McCabe, Donald L. & Pavela, Gary. (2007). Ten principles of academic integrity. [Online] Retrieved from the College Administration Publications database on the Website: http://www.collegepubs.com/ref/10PrinAcaInteg.shtml
• Meizlish, Deborah. (2005, March 12). "Promoting academic integrity in the classroom." CRLT Occasional Papers No. 20. [Online] Retrieved April 30, 2007 from the University of Michigan database on the Website: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/CRLT_no20.pdf
• Taylor, Bill. (2003, August 5). Academic integrity: A letter to my students. [Online] Retrieved April 30, 2007 from the Website: http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/writinglab/faculty/Letter_To_My_Students.pdf

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