Academic integrity refers to honesty
and trust in all aspects of academic work. In other words it can also mean
intellectual honesty; it is an ethical code practiced to avoid cheating or
plagiarism. Academic integrity is now practiced throughout universities and
schools. Throughout my journey at Taylors University I have learned many things
about Academic Integrity. Academic integrity has thought me to appreciate and
be honest when carrying out my researches. Indirectly, practicing the core
value of academic integrity thought me to avoid plagiarizing by acknowledging
the real author of a resource. This has also thought me to become a more
responsible student when carrying out and preparing essays and presentations as
well.
Personally I feel that the rule of
academic integrity is important to be followed and applied. Academic Integrity
is said to have five essential values; honesty, trust, fairness, respect and
responsibility. These values will encourage students to use these values in the
action that they carry out, thus developing the morality in the students. In
the quest of knowledge students should be honest with themselves to really know
where they stand. Scholars are inspired and argue their claims with reference
to other scholars. Therefore failing to acknowledge one’s work violates the
scholarly responsibility of an individual.
The core values of academic integrity
can be applied in our studies by preventing or avoiding us from plagiarizing. These principles and
values bring out the originalities and let the students develop their talent by
enhancing their ideas and at the same time, acknowledging the people who helped
them develop their ideas to a better level. Furthermore only with trust we can
work together with other individuals and share and respect ideas. Academic
integrity encourages one to conduct their research and writing out their essays
in a more ethical manner. The core values of academic integrity has been
practiced in almost all universities, the values are not only encouraged to be
applied in studies it is also advised to apply the core values in life
principles as well.
Learning about integrity can be
related to being equipped with Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities (TGC) as well. TGC
has 8 principles to be followed; discipline specific knowledge, lifelong
learning, thinking and problem solving skills, communication skills,
interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skills, citizenship and global perspectives
and digital literacy. The core values of integrity can be related to these
principles as, the ethics of integrity encourages trust, responsibility and
honesty. All this can be connected to the principles of Taylor’s Graduate
Capabilities.
Academic Integrity is a very
important rule to be followed. It allows the students to be credited for their
own work. Moreover academic integrity teaches students how to protect their
work and rightfully access other peoples work.
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