Academic Integrity Argument Analysis

This week the topic of Academic Integrity was discussed in reference to rhetorical situations. Normally when someone mentions the idea of academic integrity a person normally thinks violating the rule. Initially that was my first thought when I heard the phrase as well. The book mentions other ways a person might refer to the phrase such as plagiarism and lying about the work one did. For the purpose of the book refers to academic integrity in such “is not a question of “correct” adherence to the law but rather the cultivation of certain values, or habits of good behavior, that accomplish something good in the world (RACW pg.42)”. Also “citation guidelines” is another meaning of academic integrity that is not usually discussed. By citation guidelines the book is referencing the common styles in which a paper should be formatted. One common way a paper can be formatted is MLA (Modern Language Association) which is used for the …show more content…
Also mentioned is the two competing ways of comprehending the purpose of an academic “argument”: the divisive and cooperative models (RACW pg.44). The divisive model is when two individuals face off against each other in a kind of debating match, each trying to “win” the argument their faced with. On the other hand the cooperative model is when individuals “stand shoulder-to-shoulder, turned towards a third element, the object of their shared inquiry. Also involved in the cooperative model individuals work together towards a goal instead of debating or engaging in a screaming match. The book says by using the cooperative model “the academy and academic rhetoric are not defined by persuading others to adopt one’s own answers to questions of belief or policy (RACW pg.45)”. Continuing with academic integrity the book also talks of values and gives some examples of why a person shouldn’t commit academic