Academic Honesty

Academic honesty in GP

GP is committed to high standards of academic honesty, and students are expected to ‘present their own work, give proper acknowledgement of other’s work, and honestly report findings obtained’.

What is academic honesty?

According to the International Centre for Academic Integrity, academic honesty is

‘a commitment, even in the face of adversity, to five fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. From these values flow principles of behavior that enable academic communities to translate ideals into action’ (ICAI, 1999)

So, academic honesty is a kind of ‘code of conduct’ that members of the academic community are expected to follow and which makes it possible for the academic community to achieve its aims and goals.

Academic honesty is related to the concept of intellectual property, which is a concept that you need to be aware of when you are engaged in discovery and innovation in GP.

What academic honesty is NOT

If you fail to meet the expected standards of academic honesty, then your behaviour is a form of ‘academic dishonesty’.

PLAGIARISM, e.g., the failure to properly acknowledge the use of another person’s work, or submitting for assessment material that is not the student’s own work;
MISREPRESENTATION of a piece of group work as solely the student’s own individual work;
COLLUSION, i.e., allowing another person to gain advantage by copying one’s work;
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS to an examination/test paper;
Possession/use of UNAUTHORIZED MATERIAL in assessment;
UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION during assessment;
Use of FABRICATED DATA claimed to be obtained by experimental work, or data copied or obtained by unfair means;
IMPERSONATING ANOTHER STUDENT at a test or an examination or allowing oneself to be impersonated.
Use of FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS and/or information to gain advantage for any academic work, e.g. submission of a fraudulent medical certificate to request for a make-up examination.

Consequences

Academic dishonesty will lead to disciplinary action with heavy penalties.

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