Academic Integrity Resource for Students

Fairness is the quality or state of being fair, especially fair or impartial treatment, lack of favoritism toward one side or another.

Fair treatment is essential to an ethical community. Important components of fairness include reasonableness, transparency, impartiality and just treatment. We are fair to each other and to the community when we act with honesty and do our own work. We are fair to authors and writers when we acknowledge borrowed ideas, words and work. We are fair to the academic community when we respect and uphold academic standards and practices.

How do you demonstrate FAIRNESS in your academic work? [4]

• Apply rules and policies consistently
• Engage with others equitably
• Keep an open-mind
• Be objective
• Take responsibility for your own actions