Academic Integrity

What does Academic Integrity mean?

• To adopt standards that guide your academic work

• To earn your degree with honest effort

• To developed successful academic skills and learn to credit the author of any ideas you quote, paraphrase, or use as a source of information

• All of the above

Defined as "fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment, or using or attempting to use materials, or assisting others in using materials that are prohibited or inappropriate in the context of the academic assignment in question.” 

• Plagiarism

• Academic Integrity

• Cheating

• Misinformation

Launch in 2021, it is an initiative at Nazarbayev University that aims to promote integrity among student communities. It also aims to uphold integrity as a way of life and as a commitment to fundamental values of honesty, respect, trust and responsibility. 

• NU Integrity Project

• NU Academic Integrity

• NU Repository

• NU Career Services

Which of the following requires citation?

• A conclusion you have after your lab experiment

• A photo you have taken using your camera

• An article you have read for your research assignment

• A sketch you have done in your art class

Which of the following does NOT require citation?

• An article you have read for your research assignment

• A photograph you have taken using your camera

• An image you downloaded from the internet

• An idea you got from a conversation with your professor

TRUE OR FALSE. Copying with acknowledgment can be a useful writing strategy to avoid academic offenses.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE. Using citations is one of the useful writing strategies that can help you avoid academic offenses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Academic dishonesty refers to:

• Intentional dishonest acts committed while completing academic activities

• Using original ideas, words or designs in assignments

• Committing and contributing to dishonest acts while completing academic activities

• Demonstrating integrity while completing academic activities

An example of exhibiting academic dishonesty due to performance concerns is:

• Not studying for tests

• Cheating to compensate for poor test-taking skills

• Failing the test

• Organizing study groups to do better on tests

One reason some students may commit violations of academic integrity is that they may not be aware of the possible:

• Benefits

• Incentives

• Consequences

• Opportunities