Rules and regulations shape the world in which we all live. There are rules for the road, for buildings, and the list goes on and on. This list also includes an honor code that students, faculty and staff must follow. Many schools have created their own code to ensure that the honesty and integrity that the school values are projected by those that are associated with their campus. Hofstra University has developed their own honor code to protect the university itself, and its students and faculty. An honor code is used throughout many established communities and is needed to maintain the authenticity of the people within that community. Hofstra’s honor code institutes similar ideals as other institutions and it provides students and faculty
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This code helps maintain the academic integrity for the university. It is upheld by an honor board and members of this board include students, faculty and administrators. The code was written by a similar group of people who helped establish a code as “an appropriate response to the changes in technology and changing cultural norms” (“Honor Code at Hofstra-Integrity”). The code not only is used to ensure academic integrity, it is also used so that students can develop the skills that are discussed in the acronym, P.R.I.D.E. This stands for Personal/Social Responsibility, Respect for Self and Others, Integrity, Ethics and Leadership, Diversity and Community, and Expression & Free Exchange (“P.R.I.D.E. Principles”). The code remains an important part of maintaining the academic integrity that the school wishes to project by addressing in the code the topics of plagiarism, cheating, respecting those in the Hofstra community, as well as punishments for those who break …show more content…
Many universities have created punishments as well that have serious discipline for these actions. Plagiarism defined by the St. Martins Guide to Writing “is the unattributed use of someone else’s words or ideas”. The university sets a standard for the students and faculty to follow, but professors can choose to add more rules for the students to follow. The University of Colorado at Boulder also has plagiarism listed in their honor code. They give examples of what could be considered; “failing to use quotation marks when directly quoting from a source; failing to document distinctive ideas from a source; fabricating or inventing sources; and copying information from computer-based sources” ( “Academic Integrity Policy- Plagiarism”). Plagiarism is still a part of college culture even though universities do their best to warn students of the repercussions. According to plagiarism.org, 36% of undergraduate students have admitted to plagiarizing. SUNY Potsdam also has plagiarism listed in their Honor Code as one of the first standards of Academic Integrity. Many times students are confused on how to avoid plagiarism. The universities often times offer classes and advice in places like a writing center to help students avoid making the fatal mistake of using someone’s work as their own. Technology is now being used to help limit the amount of offenses by students.
This code helps maintain the academic integrity for the university. It is upheld by an honor board and members of this board include students, faculty and administrators. The code was written by a similar group of people who helped establish a code as “an appropriate response to the changes in technology and changing cultural norms” (“Honor Code at Hofstra-Integrity”). The code not only is used to ensure academic integrity, it is also used so that students can develop the skills that are discussed in the acronym, P.R.I.D.E. This stands for Personal/Social Responsibility, Respect for Self and Others, Integrity, Ethics and Leadership, Diversity and Community, and Expression & Free Exchange (“P.R.I.D.E. Principles”). The code remains an important part of maintaining the academic integrity that the school wishes to project by addressing in the code the topics of plagiarism, cheating, respecting those in the Hofstra community, as well as punishments for those who break …show more content…
Many universities have created punishments as well that have serious discipline for these actions. Plagiarism defined by the St. Martins Guide to Writing “is the unattributed use of someone else’s words or ideas”. The university sets a standard for the students and faculty to follow, but professors can choose to add more rules for the students to follow. The University of Colorado at Boulder also has plagiarism listed in their honor code. They give examples of what could be considered; “failing to use quotation marks when directly quoting from a source; failing to document distinctive ideas from a source; fabricating or inventing sources; and copying information from computer-based sources” ( “Academic Integrity Policy- Plagiarism”). Plagiarism is still a part of college culture even though universities do their best to warn students of the repercussions. According to plagiarism.org, 36% of undergraduate students have admitted to plagiarizing. SUNY Potsdam also has plagiarism listed in their Honor Code as one of the first standards of Academic Integrity. Many times students are confused on how to avoid plagiarism. The universities often times offer classes and advice in places like a writing center to help students avoid making the fatal mistake of using someone’s work as their own. Technology is now being used to help limit the amount of offenses by students.