K A T E T H O M A S , U S H I S T O R Y , S O C I A L
S C I E N C E
A N D
E L I Z A B E T H B U C H A N A N , E T H I C S C E N T E R

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Personal experiences
Professional experiences

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Fabrication and falsification of data (Nature, 2010 study)
Plagiarism: Many types
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Intentional
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Unintentional
Cheating
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“Research about cheating among college students has shown the following to be the primary reasons for cheating: Campus norm; No honor code; Penalties not severe; Faculty support of academic integrity policies is low; Little chance of being caught”

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UW Stout is an institutional member of the CAI.
The Center for Academic Integrity defines academic integrity as a commitment, even in the face of adversity, to five fundamental values:
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 honesty trust
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 fairness respect
 responsibility

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Lack of communication
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Differing vocabularies
Differing lenses
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Infrastructure gaps, duplicative initiatives
 Working Group
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Advisement Center
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Center for Applied Ethics
Dean of Students Office
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Faculty & Academic Staff
Nakatani Teaching &
Learning Center
University Library
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Writing Center

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On your syllabi and in class:
This course uses a web-based service Turnitin.com with D2L dropboxes to reveal plagiarism and academic misconduct. All files uploaded to the course D2L dropboxes will be submitted to
Turnitin. To preserve their privacy, all students have the right to remove their names from papers before uploading to a drop box. In addition to using TII, the professors will also use other standard verification measures if necessary to uphold standards of academic integrity, eg, online searches, meeting with the student and verbal verification of the ideas in the file. If you have any questions about academic misconduct, please review Stout’s policy in your orientation materials or at http://www.uwstout.edu/services/dean/studentconduct/index.cfm. . If you have other questions about ethics and academic integrity, please visit the Ethics Center: www.uwstout.edu/ethicscenter
 Library Workshops
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Advising
Center for Applied Ethics Programs
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Turnitin possibilities expanding—ways to use it progressively and positively
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Future Possibilities?
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University Honor Code