Academic integrity could be considered as a code of conduct having ethical policies in it. This code of conduct ensures that cheating or plagiarism is prevented and academic honesty is maintained. There are many types of academic misconduct such as plagiarism, fabrication, deception, cheating, bribery, sabotage and impersonation. Plagiarism refers to copying someone’s text without proper citation and backing it as your own work. fabrication refers to when any data or piece of information has been edited with false data. Cheating is similar to plagiarism, it refers to copying someone’s work. Students may bribe others usually with money to complete an assignment and impersonation refers to when students may exchange their identities in order to appear on any test, to gain high grade.
There are many reasons why students may carry out an academic misconduct using the tools mentioned above. One of the main reasons is the workload. There are many students who are very hardworking as they work and study side by side. This becomes difficult and students may turn their way to misconduct. Pressure to do better than other students could also be one of the reasons as students might self deprecate and self doubt themselves due to this they might bribe someone to do their assignments in order to get a better grade. Sometimes students find it difficult to make the transition from high school to university and may carry out an academic misconduct unintentionally.
There are practices students must do in order to make sure that academic integrity is maintained. This includes citing material properly. Students should always take notes on what they read. they should properly acknowledge all sources from which they use ideas. Students should always remember to cite direct quotes, paraphrased ideas, summaries of ideas and factual information and they should always review their work for example assignment if academic honesty is met. if students perform or are involved in any research they should maintain high level of scholarly rigour. they should provide complete and accurate data so that there is no deceiving. All of those who have contributed to the data should be acknowledged. Students should produce original work meaning it is not copied from someone’s work.
In conclusion, if students fail to carry out an academic honesty conduct they may face serious consequences which can affect their future negatively. For example if they get caught doing plagiarism they might be expelled from their respective college which will not only result in waste of money, time and effort but also their employment chances are endangered. Students may fail to get their desired jobs as their potential employer will not entertain such acts.
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