LaVonne Maupins's List: Academic Integrity

• Academic   integrity essentially means "intellectual honesty": honesty   in the use of information, in formulating arguments, and in other activities   related to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. It is a core   principle that underpins how we live and learn in a community of inquiry
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• A   sound education is built through many laboring minds doing honest   intellectual work, but its enduring value depends upon the integrity   of its construction. By analogy, the structure of our home is as solid   as the integrity of the builder's work. Dishonest intellectual work-cheating-undermines   an individual's education as well as the foundation of our society.   In fact, it is downright injurious. Would you want to live in a house   built by an architect who was dishonest in school? Would you trust   the structure's integrity?
• Academic   communities expect their members to author original and authentic   work, no matter what the field of learning or level of experience.

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• Academic Integrity can be defined by honest academic work where (1) the ideas and the writing of others are properly cited; (2) students submit their own work for tests and assignments without unauthorized assistance; (3) students do not provide unauthorized assistance to others; and (4) students report their research or accomplishments accurately.

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• University lecturers frequently push students to produce well informed and original work. To do so, you will need to search for, and be familiar with the ideas and theories or practices of many other people. It is important that you understand the rules of academic integrity, so that you are not accused of cheating, such as plagiarism, and collusion. Thinking through the values associated with 'academic integrity' will assist you to be prepared for operating as an independent thinker in the university community. The important thing about thinking through ideas about academic integrity is that it will help you to develop the good habits of citation and referencing as you absorb information, paraphrase ideas and quote the words of other people.