A building with an unstable and weak foundation will eventually fall, and the same is for human beings. Wrongful acts and unethical behavior will arise if human morality is built around selfish and negative values. However, if human behavior is built around a strong foundation of ethical values, humans will make good decisions even in times of adversity and temptation. For that reason, I believe that a positive impact in the world can only be achieved if the foundation of our character is built around values such as – honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. These values are the fundamental values of academic integrity according to the Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson University.
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To answer how my behavior, both positively and negatively, impacts this community I first want to emphasize how the culture of a specific community, city, or nation comes to be. A community’s culture is the whole combination of its members’ actions, tastes, desires, feelings, and attitudes. Therefore, if the United States is known for the American dream or a country with opportunities, it means that most of its citizens, immigrants and locals, are hardworking individuals. If a University is known for its high rankings and valuable degrees, as it is the case for The University of Texas at Austin, means that its students are intelligent, hardworking, and most importantly, students who act with integrity. My behavior in this specific situation negatively affects this community by acting oppositely of what the culture of our University is known for. Therefore, if a student acts in a wrongful manner, others can see it as the common behavior in that specific University and affect both the reputation and culture of the school. However, in this world not one single thing is perfect, and from a bad situation, a good one can arise. The act of writing this paper, learning from this experience, and apologizing to the persons involved, in this case my professor, is positively impacting this community of scholars by promoting …show more content…
Responsibility to me means to act in accordance to one’s moral obligations. Under this definition lie many actions, like being accountable for one’s mistakes and actions and learning from them, effectively complete my obligations, etc. In this situation I both failed and met my responsibilities. Failed, because I did not act in accordance to my moral obligations and I met my responsibilities by accepting my mistake, now doing everything to learn from it and act according to the consequences. I have learned a lot from this experience but I will emphasize two things. First, that acting with all of the five fundamental values of academic integrity is essential to never put my career, accountability, reputation, and relationships with professors at the University of Texas, at risk. Second, I learned that even if it was preferable not to experience this situation, I consistently learn from my mistakes and this essay and my future actions at the University of Texas will be proof of that. One very important thing will stay with me after this experience: that integrity is KEY in order to be a trustful, authentic, and good human being. I will make sure that in every class, internship, every day action, or job, people know me, Guillermo Avila, as a person who acts with
As a student of The University of Texas …show more content…
To answer how my behavior, both positively and negatively, impacts this community I first want to emphasize how the culture of a specific community, city, or nation comes to be. A community’s culture is the whole combination of its members’ actions, tastes, desires, feelings, and attitudes. Therefore, if the United States is known for the American dream or a country with opportunities, it means that most of its citizens, immigrants and locals, are hardworking individuals. If a University is known for its high rankings and valuable degrees, as it is the case for The University of Texas at Austin, means that its students are intelligent, hardworking, and most importantly, students who act with integrity. My behavior in this specific situation negatively affects this community by acting oppositely of what the culture of our University is known for. Therefore, if a student acts in a wrongful manner, others can see it as the common behavior in that specific University and affect both the reputation and culture of the school. However, in this world not one single thing is perfect, and from a bad situation, a good one can arise. The act of writing this paper, learning from this experience, and apologizing to the persons involved, in this case my professor, is positively impacting this community of scholars by promoting …show more content…
Responsibility to me means to act in accordance to one’s moral obligations. Under this definition lie many actions, like being accountable for one’s mistakes and actions and learning from them, effectively complete my obligations, etc. In this situation I both failed and met my responsibilities. Failed, because I did not act in accordance to my moral obligations and I met my responsibilities by accepting my mistake, now doing everything to learn from it and act according to the consequences. I have learned a lot from this experience but I will emphasize two things. First, that acting with all of the five fundamental values of academic integrity is essential to never put my career, accountability, reputation, and relationships with professors at the University of Texas, at risk. Second, I learned that even if it was preferable not to experience this situation, I consistently learn from my mistakes and this essay and my future actions at the University of Texas will be proof of that. One very important thing will stay with me after this experience: that integrity is KEY in order to be a trustful, authentic, and good human being. I will make sure that in every class, internship, every day action, or job, people know me, Guillermo Avila, as a person who acts with