Academic Integrity

Various articles have been written concerning the subject of academic integrity. From works by various authors, suggestions are made on how the issues of plagiarism and honesty in education should be tackled. While Devitis (2008) argues that a religious stance can solve the problems associated with plagiarism in the religious sector, McCabe and Pavela (2004) argue that the use of internet is the key contributing factor to plagiarism in the American education system.

Other pieces of literature also purport that the subject of dishonesty in education can be addressed through maintenance of a punitive culture towards dishonest students such as revocation of academic credentials. In other instances, authors have argued that despite the need for an integrity driven culture in the academic sector, such culture could possibly take years to develop and that it is important that prior to the effective establishment of such culture, various keys to academic honesty can be applied towards driving students to the same (McCabe & Linda, 2002).

The subject of academic integrity and how to achieve is not mentioned without reference to the challenges involved in achieving the desired level of honesty. For instance, methods such as the development of an honor code and the use of an audience response method have been found to be effective towards preventing dishonesty in the academic sector. Furthermore, Guenin (2005) opines that presenting students with an opportunity to be openly dishonest cultivates academic integrity.

This could be explained through the assertion that students cheat since they believe all other students cheat. While various reasons are given why students cheat, there are also several suggestions for preventing plagiarism including being aware that some students do not know that plagiarism constitutes cheating and listing academic integrity as one of the core values of institutions since students who cheat can be assumed to be unethical in practice too, while those who do not cheat are taken to be courageous and of strong character.

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References

Devitis, J, L. (2008). Guiding students from cheating and plagiarism to honesty and integrity: Strategies for change. Choice, 45(10), 1695-1695. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/225723142?accountid=1611

Guenin, L. M. (2005). Intellectual honesty. Synthese, 145(2), 177-232. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-005-3746-3

McCabe, D. L. &Pavela, G. (2004). Ten [Updated] Principles of Academic Integrity. Change 36(3), 10-15.

McCabe, D., & Linda, K. T. (2002). Honesty and honor codes. Academe, 88(1), 37-41. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/232305925?accountid=1611