Dishonesty

“About 75 percent of college students admit to cheating, suggesting that probably even more than three quarters of college students have done something against the rules to improve their grades.”(Cheating) Although a college student may think it’s okay to cheat and get away with it, Academic Integrity defines the perfect college student as putting in honest effort. The most important element of academic integrity would be putting in honest effort such as, no cheating, responsibility, etc.…

Absolutely cheating is aways wrong, However, defining what cheating is can be tough. By dictionary definition, cheating is to "act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination." I think our society is built on a system that promotes a form of cheating. By this I mean societal advantage. This theory applies mainly in academics and the workplace. In reality, it can apply to sports well. We also need to differentiate between blatant cheating and…

Nowadays media can portray any message to our daily life or any challenges we’re facing. Some can portray the message as motivation, and others can open our eyes to reality or even life. Regardless, media will always portray the message that has a connection to your life. In this class we got the opportunity to analyze” Finding Forrester, School Ties, and 3 Miles” and in all these of these movies, they all share a message about meritocracy. Meritocracy refers to a “social system in which…

Over the years, cheating on tests and exams have become more common. And by definition, cheating is to gain an advantage over a situation by unfavorable or dishonorable methods. As shown in a study from Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics, 59% of high school students admitted cheating on a test during the last year. 34% self-reported doing it more than two times (“Plagiarism: Facts & Stats”). In other words, the school board could be more focused on producing academically, high grades…

Although there are many reasons why people may disagree with random locker searches, random locker searches is a magnificent idea. Random Locker searches is a splendid idea because students could be stashing weapons, students could have a stash of drugs, and students could have stolen items. First, random locker searches is a significent idea because students could have weapons hidden inside them. Random locker searches could lead to less atrocious students shooting up their schools. The world…

Although conducting random locker searches may be an invasion of privacy, it is possibly the most outstanding way to be intact at school. Locker searches aren’t always atrocious if thought about efficiently, but they can be an intrusion of concealment. Most people would agree that their lockers should stay unsearched because they believe that it is an invasion of their privacy. Many students throughout elementary schools and high schools all around the United States struggle with the privacy…

The use of honor codes generates contention among school systems nationwide over their effectiveness or lack thereof. Some believe that they create an environment that revolves around academic integrity and honesty, while also forcing students to take on a responsibility to promote its enforcement. This in turn teaches life-long lessons to peers. As a high school student, I firmly believe that an honor code system being implemented into my school, along with schools across the nation, would…

Forum #2 If research or an experiment depends on deception to obtain results, it is without a doubt unethical. The participants could have easily been affected psychologically in both experiments because they are questioning their potential as a human being. However, at times it is the only way to acquire results because the experiment will be worthless if the person knows the reason they are truly there. “Illusion is used when necessary in order to set the stage for the revelation of…

My definition of cheating is not being capable of coming up with your own idea.On this essay I'm mainly going to talk about why I think is wrong to cheat or use someone else's work whether you give them credits for it or not. Although some people think that cheating is okay or not bad, I like to define it as not trying at all or not being capable enough to be successful on your own, even if you did justified or not. It is never right to take someone else’s idea for your own benefit. If the…

As we know that in college, high school, and also elementary school cheating has become a common occurrence in all types of an assignment. One kind of cheating that we often meet in the school system is copying other's assignment as ours. Many of students have done this even though they understand that it is wrong and could have harsh consequences if they are caught. Some students say that cheating is wrong because taking the credit of someone else’s work is considered as a theft. Others might…