1. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy1 Academic Integrity (UCF Student Conduct Board Presentation) Institutional and Individual Responsibilities in Creating and Maintaining a Culture of Academic Honesty and Integrity Nancy A. Stanlick Department of Philosophy http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~stanlick stanlick@mail.ucf.edu 407-823-2273 April 18, 2007

2. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy2 What is Academic Integrity?  A set of rules and expectations?  An example of failure: the “10 Cs”  A way of academic life?  Exemplars  The UCF Creed  What is it?  Look on the wall

3. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy3 Common Student Reasons & Excuses For Cheating/Plagiarizing  “Everyone does it”  Concept of “Community”  Time constraints  Work, family, other classes  Difficulty with content  “It’s that professor’s fault, not mine”  Fear of loss of scholarships, parental support  “I just can’t fail this class”  “I turned in the wrong paper”  Unlikely, but possible, cases  “The professor said we could (didn’t say we couldn’t) work together”

4. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy4 Media & Videos on Cheating  http://www.theonion.com/content/n ode/52060 -- parody http://www.theonion.com/content/n ode/52060  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= gC2ew6qLa8U – Identity Theft/Plagiarism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= gC2ew6qLa8U  See, from 2003 episode of the soap opera, All My Children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i rBj1-dulcU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i rBj1-dulcU

5. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy5 Existing and Future Measures  Syllabus Statements & Clarity, expectations  Library Presentations  Use “turnitin.com”  Controversy  Writing Center, SARC  Setting an Example; fairness, preparation

6. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy6 Existing and Future Measures  Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility (AAC&U Grant for UCF) Proactive seminars Faculty Development Ethics Bowl Competitions Ethics Task Force Committees IPL Research Campus-Wide Dialogues Institutional Integrity Week

7. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy7

8. 8 Faculty Reactions to Academic Misconduct  Grade penalties  Referrals (Ethics Seminar)  Next slide  Indignation  Anger  Disappointment  Insult From http://www.wmms.net/staff/sumner/cheating%20calvi n.GIF http://www.wmms.net/staff/sumner/cheating%20calvi n.GIF

9. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy9 OSC/Philosophy Ethics Seminar  General Structure & Assignments  See http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~stanlick /OSCSeminarspr&sum2007.htm for Fall 2006 seminar contents and assignments http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~stanlick /OSCSeminarspr&sum2007.htm

10. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy10 References  Callahan, Daniel. The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead.Orlando: Harcourt, 2004.  Dewey, John. “Search for the Great Community.” In The Collected Works of John Dewey, Later Works, Volume Two, 1925-1927. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1984.  Gert, Bernard. “Academic Cheating.” Video Lecture – (competitive conception of education and educational activity – see http://ethics.acusd.edu/video/CEPE2000/Cheating/index.htmlhttp://ethics.acusd.edu/video/CEPE2000/Cheating/index.html  Gert, Bernard. “Academic Cheating.” Retrieved January 1, 2005 from http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Resources/cai/webworkshop/Gert/Cheating.html.  Gert, Bernard. Morality: Its Nature and Justification. New York: Oxford UP, 1998.  Kibler, W.L., E.M. Nuss, B.G. Paterson, & G. Pavela. Academic Integrity and Student Development: Legal Issues, Policy Perspectives. Ashville, NC: College Administration Publications, 1998.  McCabe, Donald L., Linda K. Trevino, & Kenneth D. Butterfield. “Academic Integrity in Honor Code and Non-Honor Code Environments: A Qualitative Investigation.” Journal of Higher Education 70(2), 1999: 211-234.  McCabe, Donald L. and Patrick Drinan. “Toward a Culture of Academic Integrity.” Chronicle of Higher Education 10/15/1999, Vol. 46, Iss 8, retrieved through Academic Search Premier, March 11, 2003.  Stanlick, Nancy A. “Individualism, Community, and Academic Integrity.” Selected Papers from the 16 th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Ed. Jack A. Chambers. Jacksonville, FL: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (March 2005): 171-184.  Stanlick, Nancy A. “Creating an Honors Community: A Virtue Ethics Approach.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2006: 75-92.  Stanlick, Nancy A. “Individual-Centered Collaborative Research: Method and Theory.” Teaching Philosophy. FORTHCOMING March 2007.  Whitley, Bernard E., Jr., and Patricia Keith-Spiegel. Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

11. (c) 2007, Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D., UCF Department of Philosophy11 Additional Readings on Academic Communities  Bringle, Robert G. et al., Colleges and Universities as Citizens (Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1999).  McCabe, Donald L. et al., “Cheating in Academic Institutions: A Decade of Research,” Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 11(3), 2001.  McDonald, William M and Associates, Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer’s Legacy (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002).  Tephic, Donald A. and Peggy A. Ertmer, “Building Community as a Critical Element of Online Course Design,” Educational Technology, v. 43, no 5, Sep-Oct 2003, pp. 33-43.  Whitley, Bernard E. and Patricia Keith-Spiegel, “Academic Integrity as an Institutional Issue,” Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 11(3), 2001, pp. 325-342.  Whitley, Bernard E. and Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002).