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    Susan Blum’s article, “Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism: A Question of Education, Not Ethics” and “Studies Find More Students Cheating, with High Achievers No Exception” by Richard Perez-Pena both centralize their articles on the causes behind the cheating epidemic in higher education. This is a worthy topic for college students to discuss because college is the point in students’ education where they are the most desperate to maintain high grades in order to receive their degree in the…

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    Academic Integrity Essay

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    Is This Africa? So Many Cheetahs Academic Integrity Proverbs 4:6-7 “Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.” The principles of education are too often taken lightly and abused in the modern academic world. Academic Integrity is significant in a students’ scholastic journey because it comprises of understanding the severity of cheating, collaborating…

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    Honor codes and systems are used in schools in order to eliminate academic dishonesty, like cheating and plagiarism. Implementing an honor code, however, only reduces the amount of cheating, but does not effectively get rid of it in its entirety. As a result of an increase in cheating due to the easily accessible sources or answers online, students feel the need to cheat in order to stay competitive with their other peers. While cheating typically results in a better grade or score on a test or…

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    Academic Honesty Policy

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    as laws that the University of Delaware must follow to help keep our community fair and truthful. The Academic Honesty policy is used to help keep student open in their work. There are many different kinds of polices that violate the academic honesty. Each of these violations is a guideline to help keep them community fair and just, so everyone has equal opportunity. So the act of dishonesty by the students, creates an imbalanced and unjust community. This act of dishonest or the lack of…

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    Academic Integrity

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    Academic Dishonesty Have you or anyone you know cheat on a test or done plagiarism on a paper. There is also Fabrication & Falsification, or even Multiple Submission and Complicity in Academic Dishonesty. There are many ways to preform and do this like this, from writing a paper, taking exams, or even copying and pasting from the internet. Many types can be seen or writing by anyone. Cheating occurs in high schools, colleges and even fancy or the nicest high tech schools. This goes on…

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    in the previous year) (Perez-Pena 3). In his article “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception” Richard Perez-Pena argues that parents and students are to blame for the wide spread problem of academic dishonesty. In Susan D. Blum’s article “Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism: A Question of Education, Not Ethics” she believes that students need to be educated properly about citation and what it means to be academically honest. She places the blame in the hands…

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    Honor Code Issues

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    set of rules or ethical principles governing an academic community based on ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. Honor codes are thought by some to be unreliable, but when executed in different situations they have been proven to work. Honor codes have worked by reducing the amount of cheating and plagiarizing by building trust, using peers to enforce the code, and improving the standards for academic dishonesty therefore the honor code system should be…

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    The Influence Of Integrity

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    Abstract Academic dishonesty, specifically cheating and plagiarism, has recently increased in popularity. Students are more likely to justify unethical academic behavior. New technology such as cell phones have provided students with new ways to cheat. Plagiarism has also been influenced through technology, such as Internet companies, that have emerged and provide wrong solutions to academic assignments. Integrity What is integrity? Many perceive it as just a word that is used…

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    How can Mount Tabor High School enforce integrity in a world where dishonesty is the norm? Mount Tabor can revise the honor code to include the use of spy cameras in order to enforce integrity because fear is the best way to influence students. Spy cameras prevent cheating, so they should be utilized. According to source A, “a spycam can greatly improve the honor code.” Spy cameras can help Mount Tabor enforce integrity and improve the honor code because they can improve the school's ability to…

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    Why Are Honor Codes Wrong

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    that these codes are successful in minimizing the amount of cheating or plagiarizing. This difference can oftentimes be discovered in educational systems from elementary to college. Honor codes should be established because they decrease the act of dishonesty, they establish a more efficient and educational environment, and they are able to be established in any kind of school environment. Some people believe that honor codes wouldn't do anything to better school environment. Students at…

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