Importance of Academic Integrity in Higher Education and Implications of Academic Misconduct

This report discusses the meaning and importance of academic integrity in higher education, the implications of academic misconduct, and the skills learned while producing a game for Project 2. It also covers the steps taken and difficulties encountered during the game production.

Business Management with Foundation
BMP3003
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Contents
Introduction p
Section 1 p-p

An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
p
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher
education p
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct p
Section 2 p-p
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in
producing the game for Project 2 p
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those
emphasized in producing your game p
Conclusion p
References p

Introduction
Academic Integrity is the term which explain the process of using fair means while
working on the educational program. This is essential in the academic session. It
reduces the unethical way of conducting assignment by the scholars. It includes
honesty, ethical behavior and fair practices and many more. It is essential in students
life, as it is main core in learning (Striepe, Thomson, and Sefcik, 2021). It avoids
cheating and plagiarism from the students life. It grows the ability in personal and
professional way both. In this report will cover the meaning of the academic integrity
and their importance further it will include implication of misconduct. In section 2 it will
explain reflection while producing the game and the learning or issue faced during
completing the project (Taylor, and Bicak,2019).
Section 1
An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
It is fundamental focus of learning that teaches a genuinely going with the
learning. It gives an opportunity of growing and working on the weakness that stops
in attaining the goals (Solmon, 2018). This concept is highly necessary as it
involves various values of reasoning and believing. It means putting those values
on regular basis by being honest in the academic practice at university level, being
fair to others and taking obligation for learning and following the practice of
scholarship. Mentors are responsible for giving the detail to scholars as why action
with full integrity is essential and useful for them.
It never encourage cheating and misconduct behavior. It is useful for student
life due to it assist in promoting personal skills which is important in their
academics. They will learn abilities that will be useful in future. When students
complete the project by using their own knowledge and ability will make their
knowledge more clarify and transparent. This will give the career growth make their
work more easy in future. During working on project and completing assignment
assist in improving the knowledge which students can utilize in improving the
knowledge which they can use in other departments. This is most mandatory
source because by cheating down the information but just they would not be able

to develop the knowledge and the skills which are needed for the development of
students.
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher
education
When the scholars will have an idea to use the fair means all this give a good
experience to the individuals. They will mean that they have made their full focus
on keeping the higher position to work in a honest way which will not only be
useful for the individuals but also will assistance in the academics (Sanni-Anibire,
2021). This will also mean that students are activities on their own which will
covers to make their own projects and not doing copy from others assignment
during the exam.
When students behavior is ethical and honest in the sight of mentors that will
create a positive attitude of the teachers towards students. The scholar will
automatically get the recognition in the unit or university, that gives a proud moment
for an individuals. Other factor which makes the academic attributes more
essential Is it assist in providing value to the remarks that human got during the
completion of project. When students gets a degree and complete the course after
wards they start doing a job by seeing their knowledge and reports cards employers
gives priority to that person and gives him a good and recognized designation with
in the workplace. That is the happy and satisfied moment for the person that he has
been recognized at top designation in the organization (Orr, 2018). This gives the
good reputation to that university from which that individual has passed that
academics. This gives a good opportunity to the person to grow their skills more and
can enhance more so that they can be used in the future operations. In the reputed
or developing company they want to select the skilled and qualified employee so
that they can have a successful environment with in the work space.
In last it gives the confidence and motivates that the education they have got
from the academics can use anywhere in the future and they will get a success
while utilizing these skills in the organization.
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct

Academics misconduct or unethical behavior is featured to be a illegal which is
done by the students during they are studying. This covers the action which is
undertaken by the scholars including cheating, falsification, plagiarism of the
information. The most common punishment has made by the universities if they
found any misconduct is they fine the penalty on students. It is due to there are
some varied rules on this misconduct activities if universities found wrong on not
reacting (Goldberg, 2021) on it it will cause the could effect on the image of the
university. The remarks might be increase with the misconduct and unfair
practices but the knowledge level is degraded with that. Their is no development of
the academic skills through the misconduct practices. Some various kinds of
misconduct which are describe below.
 Falsification - This is a pattern in which the individual in regards to get
some necessary details tries to construct the information. It is also the
statement and data which is collected by the student so as to misconduct
the mentor and to gain some crucial data.
 Cheating – this includes all the copy done by the task, assignments and
exams in order to have more remarks or for any other purpose. It is
basically all the unethical practices and the immortal activity that are being
action by the individuals.
 Plagiarism - it consider all the activity in which the person copies the other
ones projects and assignment in regards to have a good marks. This is
unethical practice which can effect the rational and the ethical state of the
person.
All the practices will effect on ethical and moral values of the administration. This
will make the lack of interest of scholars from the university. It majorly effects on the
reputation of the institution that tends to the lose of the believes will also lead to
build the dishonesty and lack of trust among all the future growth of the individuals
( Dawson, 2020). It also brings a negative effect on the academic reputation of the
institution as it leads to analyses the administration and that will effect their
atmosphere and operations.
Section 2

Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in
producing the game for Project 2
The motive of producing game is to reduce the cheating and plagiarism in exams
and the behavior of students. To avoid all the unethical activity from the students or
academic institution I planned to design a game and I named it as last letter game .
Then I make a strategy that how to design a game and how to make it more
attractive so that the players give interest in their game (Cole, Shelley, and
Swartz, 2018) . The proper planning I have include while producing the game the
new technology I have adapted in the game so that the players gets game easily
the sources I have used online and the game was promoted through many Sources
like digitization and innovation and many more. While producing the game various
steps have taken and faced some issues which are described below.
 Targeting the right audiences - For developing the game the main
problem which was faced by me in the previous level is to make the
determination of target public. As the producer it is very hard to do a
research and analysis as to whom the game will be utilized and how it will
be useful for people. I have conducted many classes online and offline in
order to understand that who will be the good for game that I have
produced.
 Raising capital for the development of game - as I am scholar I don't
have that much saving to produce the game. So Its hard for me to collect a
capital for producing a game. For producing the game it include a high cost
so I decided to leave the classes and start working on part time basis in IT
company as a executive (Veerachamy, 2021).
 Dealing with security concerns - The other issue I had faced was the
security concern due to enhancing the game includes the utilization of
varied software. These software and coding creates a security from the
hackers and the person who try to stole all the data from game.

Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those
emphasized in producing your game
At the time of producing game I have improved various skills and ability that are
described below.
 Good presentation skills - I have improved my presentation skills through
working on game as I lacked in presenting my views in the public but after
designing the game I have to present the game In the university in front of
students and mentors with team I m the leader in the team so I have to
present all the detail so (Bretag, , 2019)I make the presentation that shows
the game in attractive and positive way so that the audience get excited to
play the game. I have presented it will and I get the confidence and motivated
in performing the presentation in public.
 Strong IT skills - I have improved my IT skills during working on the project
and I have the proper way of surfing net and how to get a relevant source
that can be useful for individuals. These skills are useful in future and
personal skills.
 Problem solving skills - These are skills which is important for personal
and professional life both. I have improved my these ability with working on
the game. These will be useful In future as well in the organizations so that
it would make the person more precious for the university and organization.
 Writing Skills - while producing a game it requires a description that
describes the activity and detail explanation in a proper way. I have
developed the writing skills by writing the explanation in a proper way that
will be beneficial for me In upcoming life and for academics too in conveying
the messages in public in simplest and understanding language.
These above discussed point were I have majorly improved and learned during the
game production moreover I have learned many more things that will be beneficial
for me in future and this skills will give the special appearance at the workplace or
in the universities (Abbott, and Nininger, 2021).
Conclusion
From the above report it is concluded that academic integrity is important in
every educational institution as it helps in improving the skills of the students in

order to improve the image of the students. During working on project and game
there is improvement in personal skills and ability of the individuals. The motive of
producing game is to avoid cheating and unethical misconduct while exams or
completion of project. Academic integrity is the most essential in academic or
professional life.
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