what is academic honesty and why is it so important
What is academic honesty and why is it important?
In my understanding academic honesty is trust in a relationship between professors, teachers, students etc. It means to be honest with your fellow classmates, teacher, and pupils in the process of education. To be academically honest means not to cheat, fabricate, or copy someone else’s thoughts and ideas as if they were your own.
Today academic honesty is a very important issue as it is the base of many universities’ educational programs. As the regents of the University of California mentioned academic dishonesty “stunts the development of important skills such as reading, writing, research, analysis, synthesis, and comprehension” (The Regents of the University of California, 2006). In other words, being dishonest in education won’t help people develop their knowledge, but to the contrary, it’ll make them less capable of using and handling these important skills. Cheating, plagiarisms, fabrication, providing false information are some of the many examples of academic dishonesty that the UC Davis names on their web page about Integrity.
A common mistake often made by many students is plagiarism. Plagiarism is often observed in students’ works, which is considered to be very academically dishonest. But this is usually a matter of students’ unawareness. Nowadays, fewer people are familiar with the terms and conditions of academic honesty which is very disappointing. It is important to understand that academic honesty is essential in education. It helps people progress in their path of knowledge as honesty is the main key to success. Every single person has his own point of view, his own unique perspective. It is almost impossible for people to have exactly the same thoughts and ideas. So using someone else’s ideas without giving credit to the original author is first of all very disrespectful and second of all unfair towards the author. It is also disrespectful towards the educational facility that the person
In my understanding academic honesty is trust in a relationship between professors, teachers, students etc. It means to be honest with your fellow classmates, teacher, and pupils in the process of education. To be academically honest means not to cheat, fabricate, or copy someone else’s thoughts and ideas as if they were your own.
Today academic honesty is a very important issue as it is the base of many universities’ educational programs. As the regents of the University of California mentioned academic dishonesty “stunts the development of important skills such as reading, writing, research, analysis, synthesis, and comprehension” (The Regents of the University of California, 2006). In other words, being dishonest in education won’t help people develop their knowledge, but to the contrary, it’ll make them less capable of using and handling these important skills. Cheating, plagiarisms, fabrication, providing false information are some of the many examples of academic dishonesty that the UC Davis names on their web page about Integrity.
A common mistake often made by many students is plagiarism. Plagiarism is often observed in students’ works, which is considered to be very academically dishonest. But this is usually a matter of students’ unawareness. Nowadays, fewer people are familiar with the terms and conditions of academic honesty which is very disappointing. It is important to understand that academic honesty is essential in education. It helps people progress in their path of knowledge as honesty is the main key to success. Every single person has his own point of view, his own unique perspective. It is almost impossible for people to have exactly the same thoughts and ideas. So using someone else’s ideas without giving credit to the original author is first of all very disrespectful and second of all unfair towards the author. It is also disrespectful towards the educational facility that the person
References: 1. The Regents of the University of California. “Why Academic Integrity Matters”. UC Davis, Mar.10.2006. Web.Mar.5.2013. URL:< http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/Whyinteg.pdf> 2. UC Davis, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Student Judicial Affairs. “INTEGRITY an essential piece of the puzzle”. UC Davis, Sep.2006. Web. Mar.5.2013. URL:< http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/integritypuz.pdf> 3. UC Davis, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Student Judicial Affairs. “Collaboration: When You Can and When You Can’t Work with Others”. UC Davis, Sep.2006. Web. Mar.5.2013. URL: < http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/collab.pdf> 4. UC Davis, Div. of Student Affairs, Office of Student Judicial Affair. “Avoiding PLAGIARISM. Mastering the Art of Scholarship”. UC Davis, Sep.2006. Web. Mar.5.2013. URL: < http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/plagiarism.pdf>