Importance of Academic Integrity in Higher Education

BMP3003 Further
Academic skills
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
SECTION 1......................................................................................................................................3
Introduction to academic integrity..............................................................................................3
Importance of academic integrity in higher educations..............................................................4
Implications of academic misconduct.........................................................................................5
SECTION 2......................................................................................................................................6
Reflection on the step taken and difficulties encountered in producing the game for Project 2.6
Reflection on the skills learned in academic year and emphasized in producing game.............7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Academic integrity includes illustration of ethical behaviour in an academic setting. It
can be displayed in giving others credit for their ideas and work or acknowledging their
contribution in one's own piece of work (Bretag, 2016). This report aims at assessing importance
of academic integrity and the implications of academic misconduct in the higher education.
Further, a reflection is done over the steps taken to produce a game of spinning wheel in second
part of the assignment and the difficulties encountered in its production are focused too. In
addition, reflection has also been done on the skills learned during the academic year and
highlighted during the production of the game.
SECTION 1
Introduction to academic integrity
Academic integrity refers to the code of moral conduct and ethical behaviour that is
expected from scholars while exchanging their ideas and developing new understanding related
to some topic. In order to ensure that such exchange is based on honest behaviour and that every
time new observation is drawn out of a topic as thought process of two people are different. It is
important that dishonest behaviour is not observed and rather behaviour is based on trust, respect
and growth of the personality of the scholars involved. Below mentioned are pillars of academic
integrity:
 Honesty- It should form the basis for all academic work. A scholar shall avoid engaging
in plagiarism, cheating, or any other dishonest behaviour such as facilitating dishonesty
or indulging in unauthorised collaborations while drawing out solution reports, project
report or any other academic submission. Scholars should try to present their academic
work according to their individual abilities.
 Trust- A scholar should trust other scholars as well as try to develop such qualities that
other people also rely on to the mentioned scholar. Trust is a behavioural quality that
helps develop a system where all the members perform to their best integrity level as they
have trust amongst each other regarding policies and their fairness for every one (Morris,
2016).
 Fairness- It complements trust and honesty. It stems out from assurance and belief that
everyone will be treated fairly and judged by the same standards. This helps a scholar in
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