Academic and Professional Integrity

What is academic integrity?

• Getting good grades at any cost

• Adhering to ethical principles in academic work

• Helping friends during exams

• Avoiding group work

Which of the following is considered a breach of academic integrity?

• Citing your sources properly

• Submitting your own original work

• Copying answers during an exam

• Using grammar-check tools

Why is academic integrity important?

• To impress professors

• To avoid studying

• To ensure fairness, trust, and respect in academic work

• To make friends in class

What is plagiarism?

• Working in a team

• Referencing too much

• Presenting someone else’s work as your own

• Writing an opinion essay

Which of the following is an example of plagiarism?

• Quoting a source and including a proper citation

• Paraphrasing a source and not citing it

What are the potential consequences of academic misconduct?

• Praise and recognition

• Higher grades

• Disciplinary action, failing grades, or expulsion

• Graduation with honours

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates a violation of academic integrity principles?

• A. A student submits a group assignment with equal contributions from all members

• B. A student uses peer-reviewed sources and cites them appropriately

• C. A student reuses parts of a previous assignment in a new paper without informing the instructor

• D. A student consults a librarian to learn proper referencing techniques

What is the purpose of referencing?

• To confuse the reader

• To give credit to original sources and avoid plagiarism

• To increase the word count

• To make the paper look longer

What is self-plagiarism?

• Copying another person’s work

• Plagiarizing from textbooks

• Submitting the same work for more than one class without permission

• Editing your own writing

Which of the following helps avoid plagiarism?

• Guessing citations

• Copying entire paragraphs

• Using citation tools and referencing guides

• Not citing anything