Importance of Academic Integrity in Higher Education

FURTHER ACADEMIC SKILLS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
SECTION- 1....................................................................................................................................1
Academic Integrity.......................................................................................................................1
Importance of academic integrity in higher education................................................................2
Implications of academic misconduct..........................................................................................3
SECTION- 2....................................................................................................................................4
Steps taken and difficulties encountered in producing the game.................................................4
Reflection on the skills and learnings from the game..................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Academic integrity refers to the concept of inculcating the values and ethical code of
conduct in the process of academic learning and skill development. The moral values like the
honesty, trust, fairness, equality, respect, responsibility and concern for the mankind. These
qualities are eventually developed by the educational programme run in the different institutions
are universities. The current project shall be building the conceptual understanding of the
academic integrity and the importance of building such values in the higher education level.
Apart from that the project shall also be describing the implications and consequences in the
absence of such integrity, when the academic misconduct takes place.
SECTION- 1
Academic Integrity
The academic integrity is the concept that is being applied in the educational institutes
and the universities in order to ensure the overall growth and development of personality of the
students. This is done by organizing the special organizational programmes, events that helps in
inculcating the moral values and ethical code of conduct in the academic learnings and
knowledge driven activities. The maintenance of the academic integrity refers to the
enhancement in certain skills and personality traits in the individual behaviour and the habits in
respect of values like honesty, fairness, truthfulness, trustworthiness, non-judgemental, non-
stereotypical, non-discriminatory attitude, equal treatment, giving respect, thinking for the
welfare of the society and also fulfilling all the roles and the responsibilities that are prominently
existing in the society (Ellis and et.al., 2020). It refers to execution these values in the work
performed, routine activities, various practices undertaken at the institution level and following
the conventions that are related to scholarship.
This is done through the organizing of the various modules, coursework, tutorials and the
creative events in order to develop these qualities in the students. This is a slow and gradual
process that takes place over time starting from the primary level of education, to the secondary
and to the higher secondary level of organization. There are five pillars of academic integrity
which are being built through the various activities and are tried to be built in the personality of
the students. The first pillar is honesty is sincerity and is the best policy which must be followed
within as well as outside the educational institute. This helps in developing better relations, better
image and simplifies the real life situations of the individual. This can be inculcated in the
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