Academic Integrity
Academic integrity relates to action; it is not an abstract concept to be read once and shelved. Academic integrity is, simply put, the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception. But the environment that supports academic integrity requires everyone to be an actor on the stage and, ultimately, to be a leader.
Academic integrity demands:
1. Discerning the difference between
right and wrong.
2.
Behaving
in a manner consistent with your moral values.
3.
Speaking out when
you see others act without academic integrity.
Why is academic integrity important? It is important because in a knowledge-based society, the information and knowledge we use daily will lose all meaning and value without it. If we cannot trust information, it has no value. Stated more succinctly, then, academic integrity is the bedrock on which all of our work, both inside and outside the University, is built.
