Ethics and Academic Integrity

Honesty and Responsibility.

We refer to Academic Integrity as the overflow of the student’s own integrity reflected in their work. Their work needs to reflect honesty and responsibility. Consequently, they are expected to provide papers that are scholarly honest in its originality. Therefore, referencing sources of information must be clear and according to Global University’s Form and Style handbook. • Students are expected to submit their original work while quoting research references. • They are to be honest in their originality as this is imperative to the Christian Charter. • Collaborative and cooperative work is to be acknowledged. The guiding spiritual trait of the students is righteousness. Therefore, academic integrity is not just the cornerstone of Global University, but also the testimony of Christ. The moral values of the students are evidence by academic honesty. Cheating and defrauding are not at all in the spirit of the courses the students are learning.

Basic Standards of Academic Integrity

Registration with GIT requires observance of Global university's standards of academic integrity. Many of these standards may be intuitively understood and cannot, in any case, be listed exhaustively; the following examples represent some basic types of behaviour that are unacceptable:

1.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is stealing. Therefore, breaking one of God’s commandments is considered sinful. Therefore, extreme care needs to be taken when presenting work by abiding with the rules of honest writing. (see plagiarism on the left hand side menu)

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Cheating:

a. using unauthorized notes, aids, or information when taking an examination b. submitting work done by someone else as your own c. copying or paraphrasing someone else's essays, projects, or other work and submitting it as your own. 3. Fabricating: falsifying or inventing any information, data, or citation.

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Obtaining an unfair advantage:

a. Stealing b. Reproducing c. Circulating d. gaining access to examination materials prior to the time authorized by the instructor or examination supervisor e. unauthorized collaborating on an academic assignment f. retaining, possessing, using, or circulating previously given examination materials where those materials clearly indicate they are to be returned to the examination supervisor or to the Global University offices at the conclusion of the examination. Disciplinary action for not maintaining basic standards of academic integrity may range from lowering a grade for a paper to dismissal from the program, depending on the severity of the offense.