Academic Integrity:

What is it?
Why is it important?
How do we do it?

Dr. Shirley Worland shirleyworland@gmail.com

Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Research Fellow, School of Social Work, Australian Catholic University, Sydney.
 • Honesty

• Accuracy

• Transparency

• Duty

• Fairness

• Collegiality
QUT, n.d.
• Humanity
 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: A moral compass

SELF  OTHERS  WORLD

Honesty Duty
Sallin, B. (2015, July 23). Moral
Question of the Week. Accuracy Fairness Humanity
http://www.brucesallan.com/2015/07/23/moral-ques
tion-of-the-week-when-an-apology-is-not-enough-dad
chat/#comment-2153184008
Transparency Collegiality
“To develop a moral compass, it is not enough to know what has
to be done, it is essential to do good”
(Amilburu, 2005 cited in Guerrero-Dib et al, 2020: 2).

The education sector is a key element in the global strategy for

the promotion of a culture of integrity.
(Guerrero-Dib et al, 2020:2).

Why?…………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………
 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY (Guerrero-Dib et al, 2020: 4)

https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-quiz/

1. Copying from classmate’s work

2. Plagiarism

3. Collusion

4. Cheating
What are the consequences of ACADEMIC DISHONESTY?

• Self?

• Immediate others?

• Society?
How to be a student with Academic Integrity?

1. Have a strong desire to be honest for the “common good”

2. Learn the techniques to avoid all forms of academic

dishonesty
 LEARNING TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
Direct quotation – paraphrasing – own original thought

University of Minnesota. (n.d.). Plagiarism … and how to Avoid It. Center for Writing.
http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/plagpres.pdf
 PREPARING TO WRITE A PAPER

1. First understand what is required – read the instructions carefully,

make note of each of the key words
e.g. Discuss the concept of religious belief’s social scientific
perspectives addressing issues of societal change
2. Write up a bullet point outline how you will structure the paper

3. Search for supporting articles – NEVER just type search words into
Google – ALWAYS begin with the required or recommended readings
of the lecturer, then Search using a database, e.g. Google Scholar

4. Make an annotated bibliography of each article as you read it.

 ACTIVITY – Design a poster of what Academic Integrity means
for you as a CMU Faculty of Social Sciences student

• Groups of 3 and 4
 References
Guerrero-Dib, J.; Portales, L. & Heredic-Escorza, Y. (2020). Impact of Academic Integrity on Workplace Ethical Behaviour. International Journal of
Educational Integrity, 16(2), 1-18.

Hacker, D & Sommers, N. (2013). A Pocket Style Manual APA Version (6th ed.). Bedford/St Martins.

Queensland University of Technology [QUT]. (n.d.). Academic Integrity. AIRS. https://airs.library.qut.edu.au/

Queensland University of Technology [QUT]. (n.d.). Cite/Write (7th ed.). QUT. https://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/cite/qutcite.html#apa

University of Minnesota. (n.d.). Plagiarism … and How to Avoid It. Center for Writing. http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/plagpres.pdf

Plagiarism Self-Quizzes

Cornell University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. https://plagiarism.arts.cornell.edu/tutorial/exercises/summary.cfm

Turn it in. (n.d.). Aiming for Integrity: How Well do you know Plagiarism? https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-quiz/
University of Technology, Sydney. https://avoidingplagiarism.uts.edu.au/#quiz