Importance of Academic Integrity and Game Development Challenges

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Section 1..........................................................................................................................................3
Academic integrity.......................................................................................................................3
Importance of academic integrity................................................................................................4
Implications of academic misconduct.........................................................................................5
Section 2..........................................................................................................................................6
Steps and difficulties encountered during game development....................................................6
Skills learned during semester and game development...............................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
Academic integrity refers to the norms, regulations that are formulated by educational
institutions in order to manage all the academic activities in systematic way. In this context, rules
are prepared by universities with an aim to regulate the behavior of staff members and staff.
Academic integrity aims to keep control over dishonest practices and behavior in academic
setting. Apart from this, academic integrity also facilitates innovation and creativity (Thomas and
Jeffers, 2020). It allows staff members as well as students to embark new and creative ideas
within educational institutions. Here, certain pillars of academic integrity are identified as
honesty, fairness, respect and trust. The present study is about importance of academic integrity.
Further, adversities and challenges which are encountered during development of game have also
covered in the assignment. At end, it also comprises skills developed during game development.
Section 1
Academic integrity
In academic integrity, there is an expectation that teachers, students and all members will
act with honesty, fairness, responsibility in academic setting. It allows students and staff
members to build new ideas and embark creativity at work place. Main purpose of academic
integrity is to control on dishonest and inappropriate activities for betterment of educational
institutions. Rules are structured by universities and educational institutions in order to maintain
integrity in academic setting. Teachers and students both are responsible to maintain integrity
within institution (Striepe, Thomson and Sefcik, 2021). In this context, students need to follow
fair practices and need to avoid inappropriate behavior. They need to write fair reports,
assignments without any plagiarism. On other side, teachers are required to convey best possible
information to students. They need to resolve the queries of students in timely manner and also
provide constant assistance to them. At higher educational level, academic integrity is highly
important. For this purpose, certain crucial pillars of academic integrity are stated below:
Honesty: It is concern with true and fair practices in academics in order to get success. It
focuses that individuals are required to perform assigned work with due diligence and fairness in
order to maintain the integrity.

Trust: It is the foundation of strong relationship. For successful completion of academic
projects, it is required to maintain trust amongst team members. Trust is highly crucial for
completing group projects in an efficient manner (Chugh and et. al., 2021).
Fairness: As per this component, all the tasks of academic need to perform fairly. It is
required that students and staff members both perform their duties in fair manner. In this context,
students are required to prepare reports fairly whereas teachers need to evaluate the work on fair
basis.
Responsibility: It is about giving respect to others to other’s view point and opinions.
Here, it is the responsibility of students to respect their faculties. They are required to obey the
instructions of teachers. In addition to this, they need to listen to teachers and complete the given
assignment in timely manner. It is also required for faculty members to listen the thoughts of
students (Burgis-Kasthala, 2020).
Importance of academic integrity
Academic integrity is a crucial concept that helps in facilitating creativity in academic
setting. With this, it is ensured that all the activities are taken out in an appropriate way. It helps
in improving behavior of students. Apart from this academic integrity is also important in terms
of maintaining the prestigious of college in market. Getting involved in inappropriate practice
might hamper existing reputation of university. Academic integrity is really important in order to
carry out all the necessary activities in college in systematic and proper way. With this, students
get more aware about their studies. They start to follow appropriate practices. It helps them in
getting growth and success in career in future period of time. It is identified that academic
integrity also helps in facilitating innovation and creativity within university. Academic integrity
is followed in order to maintain credibility of degree. If institution follows academic integrity, it
is good for their reputation (Baporikar, 2019). It also helps in well-being and development of
whole society. Main significance of academic integrity is the value of degree. It is seen that
employer prefer those employees whom they believe to have personal integrity. Therefore,
academic integrity enhances value of degrees so that students can easily get better employment.
Following academic integrity also offers mental peace. Individuals believe that whatever they are
doing is right ethically and morally. It improves their self esteem and allows living life with