Critiquing Scholarly Writing for Academic Standards: Outline

Fundamentals of Academic Integrity

1. Honesty is the foundation of integrity
   1. Starts from individuals and extends to the community level.
   2. Honesty lays the foundation for lifelong integrity (Fishman, 2018).
   3. Institutions, students, staff, and the community should embrace integrity by setting an example.
   4. Honesty fosters trust
   5. Ghrairi et al.’s (2019) article on the impact of lack of cooperation between coaches and medical teams demonstrates honesty by implying that the study can be improved by increasing the number of participating coaches, players, and medical teams: Critiquing Scholarly Writing for Academic Standards: Outline.
2. Trust is attainable if research findings are not falsified and necessary standards are applied.
   1. The primary prerequisite of trust is that research or student work should not be falsified, and standards should be applied equitably (Fishman, 2018).
   2. Trust reinforces teamwork as members of academic communities may collaborate and exchange ideas.
   3. It is a two-way value system, so one must trust others and be worthy of being trusted (Fishman, 2018).
   4. Students demonstrate trust by being creative and undertaking genuine work.
   5. Faculty members demonstrate trust by issuing clear guidelines and offering objective feedback.
   6. Overall, it involves treating and expecting others to treat one with fairness and integrity.

• Fairness contributes to the establishment of ethical communities that embrace truth, logic, and rationality.
  1. Critical components of fairness include setting clear expectations and being transparent and predictable (Fishman, 2018).
  2. Faculty members ensure fairness by subjecting student work to standard assessment and responding to cases of dishonesty consistently.
  3. On the other hand, students uphold fairness by crediting authors of borrowed work and upholding integrity.
  4. Engaging with others equitably is equally fundamental.
  5. Hu et al. (2023) demonstrate fairness by offering all study participants the same questionnaire and offering all of them the benefit of anonymity.

1. Respect for self and others is essential in fostering academic integrity.
   1. Respecting oneself helps an individual tackle challenges without compromising personal values (Fishman, 2018).
   2. Respecting others means valuing diverse viewpoints and leveraging such opinions to test ideas.
   3. Contradictory opinion is expected in a community setting, but civility and courtesy are critical (Fishman, 2018).
   4. Acknowledging and citing external sources used in research affirms respect for other people’s work.
2. Responsibility in academic research magnifies and distributes the power to effect change.
   1. At an individual level, responsibility implies resisting peer pressure and standing against any wrongdoing (Fishman, 2018).
   2. At the institutional level, responsibility refers to aligning with institutional policies and communicating expectations to the rest of institutional stakeholders.
   3. To ensure consistency, there should be mission and vision statements that will determine action plans.
   4. Ensuring funding sources do not compromise research work is critical.
3. Courage fosters academic integrity since it enables one to act according to one’s convictions.
   1. In academic communities, courage helps members embrace an open mind that can help them learn and grow (Fishman, 2018).
   2. Students who have courage engage in actions that demonstrate personal accountability.
   3. On the other hand, courageous faculty members objectively enforce integrity for all stakeholders.
   4. Practicing courage sets the pace for the other five elements of academic integrity and enables members of academic communities to persevere in difficult situations (Fishman, 2018).

References

Fishman, T. (Ed.). (2018). The fundamental values of academic integrity (2nd ed.). International Center for Academic Integrity. https://www.chapman.edu/academics/academic-integrity/_files/the-fundamental-values-of-academic-integrity.pdf

Ghrairi, M., Loney, T., Pruna, R., Malliaropoulos, N., & Valle, X. (2019). Effect of poor cooperation between coaching and medical staff on muscle re-injury in professional football over 15 seasons. Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, 10, 107–113. https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJSM.S221292

Hu, Q., Li, P., Jiang, B., & Liu, B. (2023). Impact of a controlling coaching style on athletes’ fear of failure: Chain mediating effects of basic psychological needs and sport commitment. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1106916

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Create a two-page outline documenting the six fundamentals of academic integrity and ways to improve each one. Utilize your five sources as examples of what is done well or needs improvement for the fundamentals.

Use the two-page outline to create a podcast discussing each of the 5 articles and how the authors successfully represent the six fundamental values of academic integrity and where there could be improvement. A podcast is a recorded dialogue. The podcast can be recorded in NCUOne using Kaltura. (Alternatively, Canva, ScreenPal, or Loom can be used, which may work better for Mac users.)

Critiquing Scholarly Writing for Academic Standards: Outline

Use the Creating Podcast instructions from the CTL in the Additional Resources below to assist.

Submit both the outline and podcast.

If you are unable to create a Podcast, you can submit the written transcript and outline instead.

Your podcast should be 7-8 minutes long and have the following components:

• Minute 1: Intro: Introduce the six fundamentals of academic integrity
• Minutes 2-6: Review ways that the five articles from assignment 1 used the six fundamentals well or where they could improve
• Minutes 7-8: Final Reflections on academic integrity and how you will use the six fundamentals to continuously improve in your own writing
• Length: 7-8 minute podcast and 2-page outline document

References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources from the Lesson 1 assignment.