Academic Integrity Resource for Students
Introduction to academic integrity and the values that students, scholars and educators should ascribe to.
3. Honesty
The quality of being honest, free from fraud or deception, legitimate, truthful.
Honesty means being truthful and sincere, as well as acting in ways that
are fair and free from deceit. Honesty begins with individuals and
extends to the larger community. To seek knowledge and grow from that
knowledge, we must be honest with ourselves and each other. Cultivating
and practicing honesty lays a foundation for lifelong integrity.
How do you demonstrate HONESTY in your academic work? [2]
- Being truthful
- Giving credit to the owner of the work (i.e., musician, author, artist, speaker etc.)
- Keeping promises
- Providing factual evidence
- Aspiring to objectivity, consider all sides and one's own potential preconceptions