Creating Academic Communities to Promote Academic Honesty A Virtue Ethics Approach Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy Ethics Task Force Meeting October 2, 2006

What Constitutes Community? A feeling of belonging A feeling of belonging Personal Friendship Personal Friendship Koinonia – “Political Friendship” Koinonia – “Political Friendship” “Owning the Principles” “Owning the Principles” Autonomy Autonomy Creation of the Principles in Context Creation of the Principles in Context An Attitude Toward Community Membership An Attitude Toward Community Membership Competition Competition Cooperation Cooperation

Possible Community Structure University University Office of Student Conduct Office of Student Conduct Student Conduct Board Student Conduct Board Ethics Task Force Ethics Task Force College Level College Level Dean’s Advisory Board Dean’s Advisory Board Department Representatives Department Representatives Student Representatives from various majors, departments Student Representatives from various majors, departments Department Level - Majors Department Level - Majors Department & Major Advisory Board Department & Major Advisory Board Faculty Board Faculty Board Student Board Student Board

What is Needed to Create Community? Sense of the importance of community for achieving individual goals. Compare: Sense of the importance of community for achieving individual goals. Compare: The individual ascendancy view (Kibler, et al.) The individual ascendancy view (Kibler, et al.) Hedonism, present, duty to self Hedonism, present, duty to self The community ascendancy view (Kibler, et al.) The community ascendancy view (Kibler, et al.) Duty, future, duty to others Duty, future, duty to others Conception of Education Conception of Education Competitive (Gert) Competitive (Gert) Individualistic view, creates pressure to cheat Individualistic view, creates pressure to cheat Cooperative (Stanlick) Cooperative (Stanlick) Community view, creates incentive to be honest Community view, creates incentive to be honest

Structuring Communities for a Culture of Academic Integrity University Ethics Task Force Office of Student Conduct Student Conduct Board Dean’s Advisory Boards Faculty & Students Colleges Departments and Majors Department Faculty Majors & Minors Broad-Based Student Participation Subject-Specific Research Standards UCF Golden Rule

References Callahan, Daniel. The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead.Orlando: Harcourt, Callahan, Daniel. The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead.Orlando: Harcourt, Dewey, John. “Search for the Great Community.” In The Collected Works of John Dewey, Later Works, Volume Two, Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, Dewey, John. “Search for the Great Community.” In The Collected Works of John Dewey, Later Works, Volume Two, Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, Gert, Bernard. “Academic Cheating.” Video Lecture – (competitive conception of education and educational activity – see Gert, Bernard. “Academic Cheating.” Video Lecture – (competitive conception of education and educational activity – see Gert, Bernard. “Academic Cheating.” Retrieved January 1, 2005 from Gert, Bernard. “Academic Cheating.” Retrieved January 1, 2005 from Gert, Bernard. Morality: Its Nature and Justification. New York: Oxford UP, Gert, Bernard. Morality: Its Nature and Justification. New York: Oxford UP, Kibler, W.L., E.M. Nuss, B.G. Paterson, & G. Pavela. Academic Integrity and Student Development: Legal Issues, Policy Perspectives. Ashville, NC: College Administration Publications, Kibler, W.L., E.M. Nuss, B.G. Paterson, & G. Pavela. Academic Integrity and Student Development: Legal Issues, Policy Perspectives. Ashville, NC: College Administration Publications, McCabe, Donald L., Linda K. Trevino, & Kenneth D. Butterfield. “Academic Integrity in Honor Code and Non- Honor Code Environments: A Qualitative Investigation.” Journal of Higher Education 70(2), 1999: McCabe, Donald L., Linda K. Trevino, & Kenneth D. Butterfield. “Academic Integrity in Honor Code and Non- Honor Code Environments: A Qualitative Investigation.” Journal of Higher Education 70(2), 1999: McCabe, Donald L. and Patrick Drinan. “Toward a Culture of Academic Integrity.” Chronicle of Higher Education 10/15/1999, Vol. 46, Iss 8, retrieved through Academic Search Premier, March 11, McCabe, Donald L. and Patrick Drinan. “Toward a Culture of Academic Integrity.” Chronicle of Higher Education 10/15/1999, Vol. 46, Iss 8, retrieved through Academic Search Premier, March 11, Stanlick, Nancy A. “Individualism, Community, and Academic Integrity.” Selected Papers from the 16 th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Ed. Jack A. Chambers. Jacksonville, FL: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (March 2005): Stanlick, Nancy A. “Individualism, Community, and Academic Integrity.” Selected Papers from the 16 th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Ed. Jack A. Chambers. Jacksonville, FL: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (March 2005): Stanlick, Nancy A. “Creating an Honors Community: A Virtue Ethics Approach.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2006: Stanlick, Nancy A. “Creating an Honors Community: A Virtue Ethics Approach.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2006: Stanlick, Nancy A. “Individual-Centered Collaborative Research: Method and Theory.” Teaching Philosophy. FORTHCOMING March Stanlick, Nancy A. “Individual-Centered Collaborative Research: Method and Theory.” Teaching Philosophy. FORTHCOMING March Whitley, Bernard E., Jr., and Patricia Keith-Spiegel. Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Whitley, Bernard E., Jr., and Patricia Keith-Spiegel. Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

Additional Readings on Academic Communities Bringle, Robert G. et al., Colleges and Universities as Citizens (Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1999). Bringle, Robert G. et al., Colleges and Universities as Citizens (Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1999). McCabe, Donald L. et al., “Cheating in Academic Institutions: A Decade of Research,” Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 11(3), McCabe, Donald L. et al., “Cheating in Academic Institutions: A Decade of Research,” Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 11(3), McDonald, William M and Associates, Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer’s Legacy (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002). McDonald, William M and Associates, Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer’s Legacy (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002). Tephic, Donald A. and Peggy A. Ertmer, “Buidling Community as a Critical Element of Online Course Design,” Educational Technology, v. 43, no 5, Sep- Oct 2003, pp Tephic, Donald A. and Peggy A. Ertmer, “Buidling Community as a Critical Element of Online Course Design,” Educational Technology, v. 43, no 5, Sep- Oct 2003, pp Whitley, Bernard E. and Patricia Keith-Spiegel, “Academic Integrity as an Institutional Issue,” Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 11(3), 2001, pp Whitley, Bernard E. and Patricia Keith-Spiegel, “Academic Integrity as an Institutional Issue,” Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 11(3), 2001, pp Whitley, Bernard E. and Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002). Whitley, Bernard E. and Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002).