LibGuides: Academic Integrity: For Faculty

Resources

Citation Project
Multi-institution research project responding to educators’ concerns about plagiarism and the teaching of writing
International Center for Academic Integrity
Founded to combat cheating, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty in higher education, the ICAI mission has since expanded to include the cultivation of cultures of integrity in academic communities throughout the world.
Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity
The International Center for Academic Integrity defines academic integrity as a commitment, even in the face of adversity, to six fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage. From these values flow principles of behavior that enable academic communities to translate ideals to action.

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Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity

Selected Films

The Words
Call Number: Media Drama Words 2012
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
Shattered Glass
Call Number: Media Drama Shatter 2004
Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the well-respected current events and policy magazine 'The new republic' and one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington. That is until a bizarre chain of events suddenly stopped his career right in its tracks. Based on true story. Screenplay based on 1998 Vanity Fair article by H.G. Bassinger.

Tutorials

Faculty might consider incorporating one of more of these tutorials in their courses.

Plagiarism Tutorial (University of Southern Mississippi)
Includes pre- & post-tests (tutorial sections 1 & 7, required of WorldView Seminar I students at UD) as well as practical suggestions & examples.
Why Academic Integrity Matters (UC-Davis)
So what?
Plagiarism/Research101 (Ithaca College)
A quick introduction to strategies for avoiding plagiarism. Includes a quiz.
Plagiarism Tutorial (University of North Carolina)
Overview of definitions as well as why, when, and how to cite sources.
Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism (Cornell University)
Basic information about principles of plagiarism and logistics for avoiding it. Includes exercises.
How to Recognize Plagiarism (Indiana University Bloomington)
Quiz about recognizing plagiarism, including certificate upon completion.
Is it original? An editor’s guide to identifying plagiarism
A checklist for determining if alleged plagiarism in journalism indeed is. Also includes definitions of other unoriginal writing terms.

Discussion and Activity Ideas

Academic Integrity Discussions & Activities
Created by Annalee Ward, Wendt Center Director
Academic Dishonesty Assignment with Rubrics
Created by Marta Abele, Education faculty. Used in BRI006 Reading & Study Skills.

Tips for Encouraging Integrity

Review and follow the institutional policy.
Help students focus on process. Require proposals, annotated bibliographies, annotated sources, drafts, peer/instructor conferences, or other evidence of work prior to a final product.
Require a reflective component, such as a research log or cover letter turned in with the final product, in which the student demonstrates and reflects on their learning throughout the process.
Change assignments each semester.
Understand the differences between intentional & unintentional plagiarism, as well as cultural differences in understanding of plagiarism, cheating, etc.
Explicitly teach about appropriate use of sources (ie. quoting, paraphrasing, citation). Students need direct instruction and practice with these skills. The Writing Center staff and librarians can assist.
Discuss how citation/source attribution is important in your discipline.
Be specific regarding source number and type required (ie. magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, book chapters, etc.)
Compare students' writing over time, including in-class writing.
See specific discussion ideas and activities below.

Selected Books (case studies)

Counterfeiting Shakespeare by Brian Vickers
Call Number: e-book
Addresses the fundamental issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. In recent years his authorship has been claimed for two poems, the lyric 'Shall I die?' and 'A Funerall Elegye'. These attributions have been accepted into certain major editions of Shakespeare's works but Brian Vickers argues that both attributions rest on superficial verbal parallels; both use too small a sample, ignore negative evidence, and violate basic principles in authorship studies.
Never Say Goodbye: A Memoir by Quentin Rowan
Call Number: PS 3613 .A754 Z46 2012
The most flagrant plagiarist in recent history, recounts his story. Rowan's debut thriller generated a media hailstorm in 2011 after it was exposed as a patchwork of other author's work. Now he explains why and how he penned the infamous work, tracing a path from delinquency and addiction to the solace he found in writing.
Oscar Wilde's Plagiarism by Florina Tufescu
Call Number: PR 5827 .A9 T84 2008
Oscar Wilde's plagiarism practices across genres are seen as part of a neo-classical tradition. His allegory of plagiarism in An Ideal Husband is compared to those created by fellow playwrights, including Ibsen and G. B. Shaw. Wilde's polemical imitation of Shakespeare's cut-and-paste method in The Portrait of Mr. W.H. inspires Joyce to experiment with the erasure of quotation marks in Ulysses. The extent of sophisticated plagiarism in the canonical works and the impressive list of its apologists from Ackroyd to Zola indicate the need for new models of authorship and intellectual property, models that would benefit scholarly and artistic creativity and solve the paradox of plagiarism as simultaneously one of the most serious and most common of literary crimes.
Scandals and Scoundrels: Seven Cases that Shook the Academy by Ron Robin
Call Number: e-book
Ron Robin takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals--including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles's alleged fabrication of an early America without weapons, Joseph Ellis's imaginary participation in major historical events of the 1960s, Napoleon Chagnon's creation and manipulation of a "Stone Age people," and accusations that Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú's testimony on the Maya holocaust was in part fiction.
The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat by Dave Tomar; Ed Danter
Call Number: LB 3609 .T65 2012
A writer using the pseudonym Ed Dante wrote an explosive article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, confessing to writing term papers for a living. Technically, they are "study guides," and the companies that sell them-there are quite a few-are completely legal and easily found with Google. For about $10-20 a page, Dante's former employers will give you a custom essay, written to your specifications. This is Dante's account of this dubious but all-too-relevant career.
Words for the Taking by Neal Bowers
Call Number: e-book
In January 1992, poet Neal Bowers received a phone call that changed his life. He learned his poems had been stolen and published under another name. Bowers hired a copyright lawyer and a private detective, and they began the agonizing hunt to track down the person who stole his creative work,