Business Communication: Academic Integrity Reflection and Application

This assignment is a reflective essay on academic and professional integrity within the context of business communication. The student explores the changing landscape of academic integrity, highlighting the challenges posed by e-learning and the importance of ethical conduct. The essay discusses the significance of academic and professional integrity, emphasizing honesty, trustworthiness, and ethical behavior in both educational and professional settings. The student reflects on their understanding and application of integrity, comparing current knowledge with previous viewpoints. The essay also covers the application of academic and professional integrity in the business sector, stressing the importance of combining values such as honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. The student references several sources to support their arguments, demonstrating an understanding of research principles. The assignment aims to demonstrate the student's comprehension of academic integrity and its practical application within the educational and business sectors.

Running head: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Management (Business Communication)
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author Note:

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Table of Contents
Understanding of Academic and Professional Integrity............................................................3
Significance of Academic and professional Integrity................................................................3
Application of Academic and Professional Integrity.................................................................3
Explanation and Comparison of current understanding of Academic and Professional
Integrity......................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Understanding of Academic and Professional Integrity
There has been a change in the academic structure around the globe in the last decade.
According to, Bealle (2017) the changes in the education system has led to a number of cases
of dishonesty. Academic dishonesty has been one of the most difficult issues that educators
deals with. I have seen such cases of dishonesty in the modern times as the inclusion of e-
learning has been largely due to the perceived cases of issues between the faculty and the
students. Academic and professional integrity must be present within the business
organization in order to ensure a smooth implementation of the university policies. As I have
experienced the lack of academic integrity in many areas of education I must say that it is
very much important for both the educators as well as the students to ensure that they
maintain proper ethics in order to ensure integrity.
Significance of Academic and professional Integrity
As said earlier, Keener et al. (2019) academic integrity is one of the most important
elements of modern education system. I think a person who has integrity is the person who is
honest and trustworthy in nature. The people with personal values and morals have their own
set of personal integrity. During my university days, I have seen that maintaining an
academic integrity is important for the persons while earning the degree. Such a quality in a
person can help in different kinds of academic accomplishments. As seen by me students
with academic integrity will generally work hard to earn the degrees in a fair and honest
manner. The presence of such an academic integrity is thus important for the students as well
as the educators.
Application of Academic and Professional Integrity
The maintenance of academic integrity and the application of the integrity during the
educational process is highly important for the management of the business. It is important

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for the management of the business to combine the different values of the academic integrity
that includes honesty, trust, fairness, respect as well as responsibility. The application of the
system can be established by means of a proper and systematic system that includes the likes
of a proper training for both the educators as well as the students (Thomas and Scott 2016). I
believe the application of the academic and professional integrity is key to the success of the
education system in the present as well as the future.
Explanation and Comparison of current understanding of Academic and Professional
Integrity
Different kinds of researches has focused on the academic integrity in terms of the
conduct of the students conduct in relation to different kinds of university rules and
procedures (Roff et al. 2015). It is important for the detailed understanding of both the
contemporary as well as the traditional forms of integrity in order to maintain a proper
balance in the education system. I have seen that the lack of understanding of both these
systems has been a problem for the education industry. The education industry therefore must
have a common form of understanding based on the academic integrity to ensure success.

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References
Bealle, P., 2017. Community College Academic Integrity Lessons That Put Research into
Practice. Theory Into Practice, 56(2), pp.144-155.
Keener, T.A., Peralta, M.G., Smith, M., Swager, L., Ingles, J., Wen, S. and Barbier, M., 2019.
Student and faculty perceptions: appropriate consequences of lapses in academic integrity in
health sciences education. BMC medical education, 19(1), p.209.
Roff, S., Druce, M., Livingston, K., Roberts, C.M. and Stephenson, A., 2015. Mapping norms
of academic integrity as an aid to proactive regulation. Journal of Medical
Regulation, 101(3), pp.24-31.
Thomas, J. and Scott, J., 2016. UK perspectives of academic integrity. Handbook of
academic integrity, pp.39-53.