Academic Integrity Resource for Students

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