Academic Honesty at the Academic Honesty at the U:U:What You Need To KnowWhat You Need To Know

Faculty of NursingFaculty of NursingYear 3 Collaborative Year 3 Collaborative

ProgramProgram

September 2010 September 2010 OrientationOrientation

Danielle C. Istl, Danielle C. Istl, LL.M.LL.M.

Academic Integrity OfficerAcademic Integrity Officer

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Overview Overview

Why Academic Integrity?Why Academic Integrity? Academic Integrity ChallengesAcademic Integrity Challenges Professionalism Professionalism Turnitin.comTurnitin.com Other ResourcesOther Resources

Why Academic Why Academic Integrity?Integrity?

Nursing is an Nursing is an ethical ethical professionprofession requiring requiring ethicalethical peoplepeople..

Your Your reputationreputation in the in the profession – profession – and at and at schoolschool – – mattersmatters..

Increasesthe value of your degree

Key to theUniversity’s

mission

Core valuein North

Americaneducation

Practisedby students

Protected bystaff and

faculty

ACADEMICINTEGRITY

“ “EarnEarn Your Degree” Your Degree”

The University is a The University is a learning-centred learning-centred environment with environment with high expectations high expectations and standards for and standards for all its members. all its members.

Academic Academic Integrity Integrity

ChallengesChallenges

Situation 1Situation 1Collaboration or Collaboration or Cheating?Cheating?

What are the boundaries within a What are the boundaries within a learning-centred environment?learning-centred environment?– Discussion ?Discussion ?– Collaboration ?Collaboration ?– Submission ?Submission ?

Extent of collaboration Extent of collaboration permittedpermitted

What does the professor What does the professor allow? allow?

■ ■ Final work must be your Final work must be your own. own. ■ ■ Identical or similar work Identical or similar work willwill result in plagiarism result in plagiarism chargescharges..

The University’s The University’s Plagiarism PolicyPlagiarism Policy

In the preparation of essays, papers, In the preparation of essays, papers, reports, and any other types of reports, and any other types of assignments, students must assignments, students must necessarily rely on the work of others. necessarily rely on the work of others.

HoweverHowever, it is imperative that the , it is imperative that the source of any ideas, wording, or source of any ideas, wording, or data obtained from others data obtained from others be be disclosed and disclosed and properly properly acknowledgedacknowledged by citations, by citations, quotation marks, and bibliographic quotation marks, and bibliographic references in proper format. references in proper format.

(emphasis added)(emphasis added)

It “applies to all It “applies to all intellectual endeavours: intellectual endeavours: creation and creation and presentation of music, presentation of music, drawings, designs, drawings, designs, dance, photography, dance, photography, and other artistic and and other artistic and technical works.”technical works.”

What he said or wrote that you write word-for-

word: QUOTATION MARKS AND A

CITATION

What he said or wrote that you put in

your own words: CITATION

An idea of his that you

refer to: CITATION

Your opinion, thoughts,

conclusions, analysis or synthesis

OR common knowledge: No citation required

Situations 2, 3, and 4Situations 2, 3, and 4

Meet Helena ! Meet Helena !

Situation 2Situation 2The Take-Home ExamThe Take-Home Exam

I don’t think that’s right. I know a better place we can

look.

Why go to all that trouble?

This looks terrific. Let’s

use it.

Here’s the answer to

Question #2 right here.

I agree with Linda.

What is wrong here?What is wrong here?

A. The students are consulting the A. The students are consulting the wrong sources. wrong sources.

B. The students are talking in the B. The students are talking in the Library. Library.

C. The students should be working C. The students should be working on their own.on their own.

D. Helena should have gone to the D. Helena should have gone to the third-year Nursing orientation. third-year Nursing orientation.

Situation 3Situation 3 The examThe 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 What should Helena do?do?A.A. Tell Gavin the questions, but not the Tell Gavin the questions, but not the

answers.answers.

B.B. Share the information only if Gavin’s Share the information only if Gavin’s exam will be different. exam will be different.

C.C. Hang up on Gavin. Hang up on Gavin.

D.D. Say nothing about the exam to Gavin Say nothing about the exam to Gavin and explain why. and explain why.

Situation 3Situation 3The absenceThe absence

OROR

““Where is Helena?”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 What could happen to Helena?Helena?A.A. Nothing. No one will ever know.Nothing. No one will ever know.

B.B. She could be suspended. She could be suspended.

C.C. She could be sanctioned for breach of She could be sanctioned for breach of rules of conduct as set out by a rules of conduct as set out by a professional body.professional body.

D.D. She could get sunburned on the boat. She could get sunburned on the boat.

PROFESSIONALISMREQUIREMENTS

Under U of W Faculty of Nursing Guidelines

Under the College of NursesPractice Standards

Under U of W Senate Bylaw 31

Under U of WStudent Code of Conduct

Under U of WRules for Conduct of Examinations

Professionalism in Professionalism in NursingNursing

The same The same behaviours expected behaviours expected of nurses in the field of nurses in the field are expected of are expected of nursing students in nursing students in the classroom.the classroom.

College of Nurses of College of Nurses of OntarioOntario– www.cno.orgwww.cno.org

The Seven Practice The Seven Practice StandardsStandards AccountabilityAccountability Continuing Continuing

CompetenceCompetence EthicsEthics KnowledgeKnowledge Knowledge Knowledge

ApplicationApplication LeadershipLeadership RelationshipsRelationships

Their Transferability to Their Transferability to AcademicAcademic Work Work

ACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY Taking Taking

responsibility for responsibility for errorserrors

Reporting Reporting [unfair] [unfair] behaviourbehaviour

CONTINUING CONTINUING COMPETENCECOMPETENCE

Assuming Assuming responsibilityresponsibility

Investing time Investing time and effort in and effort in improving improving knowledgeknowledge

ETHICSETHICS Identifying Identifying

ethical issuesethical issues Identifying Identifying

options to options to resolve ethical resolve ethical issuesissues

LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP Role-modelling Role-modelling

professional professional valuesvalues

KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE Understanding Understanding

relevant [policies relevant [policies and regulations]and regulations]

Using researchUsing researchKNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE

APPLICATIONAPPLICATION Using Using best-best-

practice practice guidelinesguidelines

Recognizing Recognizing limits and limits and consulting with consulting with others others

RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS

Professional Professional relationshipsrelationships– Using Using

communication communication and interpersonal and interpersonal skills to maintain skills to maintain collegial collegial relationshipsrelationships

Nurse-client Nurse-client relationshipsrelationships– Demonstrating Demonstrating

respect, empathy, respect, empathy, and interestand interest

– Preventing abusePreventing abuse

Expectations Under Expectations Under The Student Code of The Student Code of ConductConduct Practise Practise personal and academic personal and academic

integrity.integrity. Take Take responsibilityresponsibility for your own for your own

personal and academic personal and academic commitments.commitments.

Contribute to the University Contribute to the University community to gain community to gain fair, cooperative fair, cooperative and honest inquiry and learningand honest inquiry and learning..

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Plagiarism Plagiarism detection:detection:– Professor Professor

receives receives originality report originality report and evaluates the and evaluates the paper for any paper for any plagiarism.plagiarism.

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Protects you from theft of your work.Protects you from theft of your work. Evens the playing field.Evens the playing field. Helps safeguard your academic Helps safeguard your academic

integrity.integrity.

Consequences of Consequences of Academic DishonestyAcademic Dishonesty

– Academic assessment of “zero” Academic assessment of “zero” or significantly reduced grade or significantly reduced grade

– Possible failure of the coursePossible failure of the course– Disciplinary recordDisciplinary record– Formal reprimands Formal reprimands – Separation from the UniversitySeparation from the University– Transcript notationsTranscript notations

To learn more . . . To learn more . . . Talk to your professors.Talk to your professors. Visit the College of Nurses website.Visit the College of Nurses website. Talk to health care professionals.Talk to health care professionals. Visit Visit www.uwindsor.ca/aio

– Info for Students (“Tips for Honest Work”)Info for Students (“Tips for Honest Work”)– Educational Resources for StudentsEducational Resources for Students

Contact me at Contact me at – ext. 3929ext. 3929– istld@uwindsor.ca– Room 201 Assumption Univ. Bldg.Room 201 Assumption Univ. Bldg.

Educational ResourcesEducational Resources

Plagiarism.orgPlagiarism.org Plagiarismadvice.orgPlagiarismadvice.org Citation HelpCitation Help Office of Research Integrity (U.S.)Office of Research Integrity (U.S.) ““WriteCheck” (by Turnitin)WriteCheck” (by Turnitin) Academic Integrity TutorialsAcademic Integrity Tutorials

The EndThe End

WISHING YOU WISHING YOU A SUCCESSFUL A SUCCESSFUL THIRD YEAR!THIRD YEAR!

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