WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHEATING? UNDERSTANDING THE REASONS: VIRTUES AND ETHICS

Values and ethics RESPONISBILITY HONESTY TRUST Acknowledging your work in the context of what is sourced from others and what is the legitimate product of collaboration RESPONISBILITY to understand the academic conventions which demonstrate the authenticity of your work, managing research accurately and referencing sources TRUST Ensuring others can trust that the work you produce is your won and your data and findings are FAIRNESS Knowing the grades and award you achieve is the product of your own work within the rules without seeking unfair advantage RESPECT for the work and contribution of fellow students and members of the wider academic community acknowledging their research and ideas in your work How important is it to develop habits of good integrity as a student?  

Five fundamental values “We believe that these five values, plus the courage to act on them even in the face of adversity, are truly foundational to the academy. Without them, everything that we do in our capacities as teachers, learners, and researchers loses value and becomes suspect. When the fundamental values are embraced, utilized, and put into practice they become touchstones for scholarly communities of integrity.” Five fundamental values The Centre for Academic Integrity in the USA (1999) Exemplary Academic Integrity Project in Australia (2012-13 Such values are to be developed both individually and institutionally. .. where individuals act and speak with integrity and act ethically, where institutional procedures are consistent with ethical values which are stated as an ethical brand and based on an awareness of the context in which they work. If you consider the Banking crisis, the decline of trust in politicians (the expenses scandal in the UK), the lies, criminal investigations and cover-ups in journalism, the police health and other public services, the military, cheating in sports competitions and match fixing, it becomes clear that the morality and socially irresponsible behaviour of some individuals in public life and in institutions destroys their reputations and damages organisations and the wider society. Developing habits of good integrity as a student and a citizen are very important to the wellbeing of all. Discuss these issues and how they might apply in your subject discipline and professional accreditation?

Activity 3: Other kinds of ‘borrowing’ Look at the following examples Activity 3: Other kinds of ‘borrowing’ Look at the following examples. Which do you think is the most serious? Why? Mary is a training to be a doctor. She pays £100 for an outline for an essay from a commercial supplier and uses it as the basis of her own coursework. Nazeem and Daniel work together on a piece of coursework and submit very similar answers, claiming in each case that it is their own work. Su, a first year Social Work student, copies her written work from other students. On her placement she is asked to write reports on her clients for use in court. She is unable to do this. Clearly anyone who claims to have skills or to know something they do not risks being found out and the penalties which may follow, but more importantly, in some situations they may put lives at risk Anyone whose job is in medicine or engineering and construction for example should be operating with integrity. People in other occupations could fail their clients in serious ways and cause great harm- to children and other vulnerable people. Students are asked to rank in order the cases on the slide and discuss how these cases relate to professionalism and integrity in their subject discipline- for example How could you use similar material in your discipline or subject? Viv Thom Sheffield Hallam University 2013

Employers’ Top Priorities for Student Learning Outcomes in US universities… % saying two- and four-year colleges should place MORE emphasis on helping students develop these skills, qualities, capabilities, knowledge Effective oral/written communication Critical thinking/ analytical reasoning Knowledge/skills applied to real world settings Analyze/solve complex problems Connect choices and actions to ethical decisions Teamwork skills/ ability to collaborate Ability to innovate and be creative Concepts/developments in science/technology As a student you are a member of the academic community that is your University and aspiring to become able to contribute to new knowledge and ideas in the wider academic community. The University and other institutions involved with education and research are committed to embody and exemplify integrity, in the way it upholds policies and academic rigour, treats colleagues and students, and how we communicate the rules which maintain that integrity and their importance to them and to the community as a whole. One aspect of this is to be consistent in our application of rules, about referencing for example, academically rigourous in our research and writing, in our professionalism and as academics in the way in which we conduct our research and maintain academic rigour. The value of the ethical dimension to graduate employability is often underestimated, as indicated by these figures which apply to employers surveyed in the USA. 10 Apr 2013 - The Association Of American Colleges And Universities Employer Survey

an example of the way 'honor' codes work in schools and universities in the USA How would you respond to a code of this kind as a student at university?