4 Academic Integrity Values: Responsibility and Courage
Responsibility: You show responsible behaviour when you ask questions, resist negative peer pressure, lead by example, and discourage others from violating academic principles. Being responsible means being accountable to yourself and to others while doing your work to the best of your own abilities.
Scenario
You have difficulties with your studies, especially in one of your courses. You have been stuck on your essay for a whole week already. You are afraid that you may fail the course if you can’t turn this situation around. What should you do?
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Courage: Upholding these standards for academic integrity requires courage to resist pressure from others or the “easy way out” for yourself — and to speak up against wrongdoing.
Scenario
You enter the room to write your final exam. You see a sign that reads “No electronic devices permitted. Please leave them at the front. You may pick them up after you have finished the exam”. As you look around, you see that many of your classmates have their phones in their pockets. What might you do?
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You always have an opportunity in your studies to choose to act with integrity, and extra help with your own academic work is available at the Mount, to all students.
