Integrity Forum

Fundamental Values of
Academic Integrity Forum:
Reaffirming the Importance of Honesty in Our Students
Faculty who teach first year students...Join your colleagues for one of two
academic integrity discussion forums held on March 3 and 4 especially for faculty who
teach first year students. Academic integrity is a fundamental value upon which colleges
and universities are built. This faculty forum will discuss candid opinions that are vital to
the exchange of ideas on this important subject. For learning and scholarship to thrive,
academic communities cannot tolerate acts of academic dishonesty, such as cheating,
misrepresentation or plagiarism.
According to the Center for Academic Integrity there are five fundamental values that
characterize an academic community of integrity:
• Honesty: The quest for truth and knowledge requires intellectual and personal honesty
in learning, teaching, research and service.
• Trust: Academic institutions must foster a climate of mutual trust in order to stimulate
the free exchange of ideas.
• Fairness: All interactions among students, faculty and administrators should be
grounded in clear standards, practices and procedures.
• Respect: Learning is acknowledged as a participatory process, and a wide range of
opinions and ideas is respected.
• Responsibility: A thriving community demands personal accountability on the part of
all members and depends upon action in the face of wrongdoing.
Acts of academic dishonesty compromise these core values and undermine the process
by which knowledge is created, shared and evaluated. Repeated offenses cast suspicion
not only upon the integrity of individuals, but also damage the reputation of the larger
academic community.
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This forum is brought to you by FYE and
the UT Learning Collaborative
www.utoledo.edu/utlc
Wednesday, March 4
Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: SU 2591
Speakers:
- Bernie Bopp, Professor, Astronomy
- Matthew Wikander, Professor, English
- Sharon Barnes, Associate Professor,
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Tom Barden, Director, Honors Program
Tuesday, March 3
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: SU 2584
Speakers:
- Luanne Momenee, Director,
Learning Enhancement Center
- Jerry VanHoy, Associate Professor,
Sociology
- Charlie Blatz, Professor, Philosophy
- Renee Heberle, Assoc Professor,
Political Science
All faculty are welcome, no RSVP needed.