Importance of Academic Integrity in Higher Education

Academic skills
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Section 1 ........................................................................................................................................3
Introduction of Academic Integrity............................................................................................3
The importance of academic integrity in higher education ........................................................4
The implications of academic misconduct..................................................................................5
Session 2 .........................................................................................................................................6
Reflect on the steps taken and difficulties encountered in producing the game for Project 2....6
Reflect on the skills of the academic year and those emphasized in producing your game.......6
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Academic integrity includes the ethical behaviour used in the academic setting of the
organisation (Tamis-LeMonda and et.al., 2019). It is the process of acknowledging others for the
work they have done and helping them in improving the performance. The academic integrity is
the process of giving the credit about the work that is given by others in the organisation. The
report is on the game which is made to solve the problem of the ethical behaviour of the students.
The game is to reduce the plagiarism in the studies. The report includes a description of
Academic Integrity, the importance of academic integrity in higher education, the implications of
academic misconduct and the Reflect on the steps and difficulties encountered in producing the
game for Project 2.
Section 1
Introduction of Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the moral conducts that is expected from the scholars who are
studying the topic and they should have the ethical behaviour. They are exchanging the ideas and
developing new ideologies of the topic so they should have the ethical conduct in the studies. It
is observed that the scholars will have honesty in the behaviour and they should have the
integrity in the work that will help them in improving the performance. The students should not
have the dishonest behaviour as it will impact the studies and they are focusing on the factors.
The academic integrity is having the factors
 Honesty- The honesty is the basis of all the academic integrity and they are helping them
in increasing the performance (Hall and DiPerna, 2017). The studies should not involve
plagiarism, cheating and the dishonest behaviour of the students. They should not be
involved in the unauthorised collaboration and the work which is not well in the
organisation. The scholars should work according to the academic integrity to increase
the performance.
 Trust- The students should trust the scholars and the work they are doing because they
are increasing the performance. The scholars should trust other scholars because they are
having research on the topic and helping others to have the observation. A trust is the
quality that the students should have that will help them in increasing the performance.
They will have the fair behaviour in the studies that will help them in working together.
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