Academic Integrity

Question 1

Define academic integrity and the six values associated with academic integrity

Answer 1

Academic integrity refers to the ethical principles and standards that guide honest, fair, and responsible behaviour in academic settings. It involves maintaining truthfulness in research, writing, and collaboration while respecting the work of others

Honesty
Trust
Fairness
Respect
Responsibility
Courage

Question 2

Recognize the paradigms of relationality

Answer 2

Means realizing that all knowledge is connected because we are connected.

Therefore, when we learn, study, and grow it is important to acknowledge the relationships between our work and others’

Question 3

Recognize the paradigms of reciprocity

Answer 3

It means we belong to one another, that our relationship will be mutually beneficial

Reciprocity in academic integrity means honouring and valuing the responsibility we have to the knowledge we are creating and sharing

Question 4

Recognize the paradigms of respect regarding academic integrity

Answer 4

Means asking who the right person is to share the stories or knowledge we are citing in our work

Also means being explicit about whose story is being told and acknowledging that person in our work.

Question 5

Differentiate between the types of academic misconduct at Laurier

Answer 5

• Plagiarism
• Cheating/Copying
• Unauthorized Collaboration
• Falsification
• Misrepresentation
• Forging an academic record or support document
• Impersonation
• Unauthorized aids
• Improper access
• Obstruction
• Distribution of faculty IP

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