Academic Honesty at the U:
What You Need To Know
Faculty of Nursing
Year 3 Collaborative Program
September 2010 Orientation
Danielle C. Istl, LL.M.
Academic Integrity Officer
www.uwindsor.ca/aio
Overview
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Why Academic Integrity?
Academic Integrity Challenges
Professionalism
Turnitin.com
Other Resources
Why Academic Integrity?
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Nursing is an ethical
profession requiring
ethical people.
Your reputation in the
profession – and at
school – matters.
Increases
the value of
your degree
Protected by
staff and
faculty
Key to the
University’s
mission
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY
Practised
by students
Core value
in North
American
education
“Earn Your Degree”
The University is a
learning-centred
environment with
high expectations
and standards for all
its members.
Academic
Integrity
Challenges
Situation 1
Collaboration or Cheating?
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What are the boundaries within a
learning-centred environment?
– Discussion ?
– Collaboration ?
– Submission ?
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Extent of collaboration
permitted
What does the professor
allow?
■ Final work must be your own.
■ Identical or similar work will
result in plagiarism charges.
The University’s
Plagiarism Policy
In the preparation of essays, papers,
reports, and any other types of
assignments, students must necessarily
rely on the work of others.
However, it is imperative that the
source of any ideas, wording, or data
obtained from others be disclosed and
properly acknowledged by citations,
quotation marks, and bibliographic
references in proper format.
(emphasis added)
It “applies to all intellectual
endeavours: creation and
presentation of music,
drawings, designs, dance,
photography, and other
artistic and technical
works.”
What he said or wrote that
you write word-for-word:
QUOTATION MARKS AND
A CITATION
An idea of his
that you refer
to: CITATION
What he said or wrote
that you put in your
own words: CITATION
Your opinion,
thoughts, conclusions,
analysis or synthesis
OR common
knowledge:
No citation required
Situations 2, 3, and 4
Meet Helena !
Situation 2
The Take-Home Exam
Here’s the
answer to
Question #2
right here.
I don’t think
that’s right. I
know a better
place we can
look.
I agree
with Linda.
Why go to all
that trouble?
This looks terrific.
Let’s use it.
What is wrong here?
A. The students are consulting the
wrong sources.
B. The students are talking in the
Library.
C. The students should be working on
their own.
D. Helena should have gone to the
third-year Nursing orientation.
Situation 3
The exam
Gee, this stuff is hard.
Helena wrote this exam
early. I’ll ask her about it.
Hi Gavin!
Hey, Helena.
I could really use some
help with this exam. You
wrote it yesterday. What
was on it?
What should Helena do?
A.
Tell Gavin the questions, but not the
answers.
B.
Share the information only if Gavin’s
exam will be different.
C.
Hang up on Gavin.
D.
Say nothing about the exam to Gavin
and explain why.
Situation 3
The absence
OR
“Where is Helena?”
Dr. Jones, I can’t make it to clinical today. I’ve got a
really important doctor’s appointment that’s been
scheduled for months. I completely forgot about
telling you earlier! I’ll bring a note from the specialist.
. . . Okay, thanks.
What could happen to
Helena?
A.
Nothing. No one will ever know.
B.
She could be suspended.
C.
She could be sanctioned for breach of
rules of conduct as set out by a
professional body.
D.
She could get sunburned on the boat.
PROFESSIONALISM
REQUIREMENTS
Under U of W Faculty
of Nursing Guidelines
Under the College of Nurses
Practice Standards
Under U of W Senate Bylaw 31
Under U of W
Student Code of Conduct
Under U of W
Rules for Conduct of Examinations
Professionalism in
Nursing
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The same behaviours
expected of nurses in
the field are expected
of nursing students in
the classroom.
College of Nurses of
Ontario
– www.cno.org
The Seven Practice
Standards
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Accountability
Continuing
Competence
Ethics
Knowledge
Knowledge Application
Leadership
Relationships
Their Transferability to
Academic Work
ACCOUNTABILITY
 Taking
responsibility for
errors
 Reporting [unfair]
behaviour
CONTINUING
COMPETENCE
 Assuming
responsibility
 Investing time and
effort in improving
knowledge
ETHICS
 Identifying ethical
issues
 Identifying options
to resolve ethical
issues
LEADERSHIP
 Role-modelling
professional values
KNOWLEDGE
 Understanding
relevant [policies
and regulations]
 Using research
KNOWLEDGE
APPLICATION
 Using best-practice
guidelines
 Recognizing limits
and consulting with
others
RELATIONSHIPS
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Professional
relationships
– Using
communication and
interpersonal skills
to maintain collegial
relationships
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Nurse-client
relationships
– Demonstrating
respect, empathy,
and interest
– Preventing abuse
Expectations Under The
Student Code of Conduct
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Practise personal and academic
integrity.
Take responsibility for your own
personal and academic commitments.
Contribute to the University
community to gain fair, cooperative
and honest inquiry and learning.
Turnitin.com: What is it?
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Developed by iParadigms (California)
Plagiarism-prevention service
Educational tool
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See Turnitin.com website
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– Turnitin Research Resources for students
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Tips, guidelines, FAQs
Educational tool:
– You receive originality
report to ensure
paper is plagiarismfree.
– Can re-submit after
correcting citation
errors.
* Graphic trademark of Turnitin
downloaded from www.turnitin.com.
Plagiarism detection:
– Professor receives
originality report
and evaluates the
paper for any
plagiarism.
How Does Turnitin Work?
1. You submit your paper electronically to
Turnitin.
2. An electronic copy of your work is run
through three databases.
Your paper
Internet and
archived internet
Major newspapers, magazines,
and scholarly journals;
thousands of books
Other students’ papers
3. An “originality
report” is generated
identifying text
matches.
4. The report must
then be reviewed and
evaluated.
Diagram from www.Turnitin.com
How Does using Turnitin
Help You?
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Encourages proper citation and
referencing.
Protects you from theft of your work.
Evens the playing field.
Helps safeguard your academic integrity.
Consequences of
Academic Dishonesty
– Academic assessment of “zero” or
significantly reduced grade
– Possible failure of the course
– Disciplinary record
– Formal reprimands
– Separation from the University
– Transcript notations
To learn more . . .
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Talk
Visit
Talk
Visit
to your professors.
the College of Nurses website.
to health care professionals.
www.uwindsor.ca/aio
– Info for Students (“Tips for Honest Work”)
– Educational Resources for Students
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Contact me at
– ext. 3929
– istld@uwindsor.ca
– Room 201 Assumption Univ. Bldg.
Educational Resources
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Plagiarism.org
Plagiarismadvice.org
Citation Help
Office of Research Integrity (U.S.)
“WriteCheck” (by Turnitin)
Academic Integrity Tutorials
The End
WISHING YOU A
SUCCESSFUL
THIRD YEAR!
www.uwindsor.ca/aio