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Trust is to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of and to rely on what has been said or stated. In a teacher-student relationship, trust means believing in the integrity of other's work and the reliability of sources

Examples:

• Clearly stating expectations and follow through.
• Promoting transparency in values, processes, and outcomes .
• Choosing credible and reliable sources.
• Encouraging mutual understanding.

Fairness is to lack of favoritism toward one side or another.

Examples:

Applying rules and policies consistently.
Engaging with others equitably.
Keeping an open-mind.
Being objective to all view points.
 

Respect means to consider worthy of high regard.

Examples:

• Practicing active listening.
• Accepting that others’ thoughts and ideas have validity.
• Showing empathy.
• Affirming others and accept differences.

Responsibility is simply being responsible for one's actions.

Examples: 

• Holding yourself accountable for your actions. 
• Knowing and follow institutional rules and conduct codes. 
• Following through with tasks and expectations.
• Modeling good behavior.

Courage means having mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.

Examples:

• Being brave even when others might not.
• Taking a stand to address a wrongdoing and support others doing the same.
• Enduring discomfort for something you believe in.
• Being undaunted in defending integrity.

Wisdom is the ability to discern a course of action based on knowledge and experience.

Example:

Ensuring that sources are credible.

Love is a strong affection that comes from the heart.

Example:

• Having passion in the pursuit of truth that is respectable to the well-being of others.

Humility is the absence of feeling better than others.

Example:

• Taking responsibility for what you have done and what have done.

Truth is the body of real things or factual.

Example: 

Not recycling marked assignments.
Not impersonating others.
 

For each value indicated by an asterisk (*), it is an indication that it is from Teachings of the Seven Sacred/Seven Grandfathers, 2014.

International Center for Academic Integrity [ICAI]. (2021). The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity. (3rd ed.). 
www.academicintegrity.org/the-fundamental-values-of-academic-integrity

Gaining an unfair advantage or cheating involves trying to obtain or helping another person get credit for work on a test, exam or assignment by dishonest behaviours. 
Examples:
•    Accessing or possessing unauthorized materials, unauthorized information, or devices during assessments.
•    Obtaining an assessment, in whole or in part, in advance of its administration, without the permission of the professor.
•    Changing grades or answers on an assignment for the purpose of regrading.
•    Failing to abide by the instructions of the professor or proctor concerning assessment procedures, such as, but not limited to, talking, or failing to adhere to start/stop times.
•    Using an artificial intelligence tool (e.g.; ChatGPT) for an assignment without the instructor’s permission.
 

The uncredited use of sources or plagiarism involves two things: 1) presenting all or part of the machine-generated content or someone else’s work as one’s own and 2) failing to cite them. This could apply to words, ideas, music, signatures and more from all sources. 

Examples:

• Copying in part or in whole from a source and not citing the source.
• Resubmitting part or whole past assignments to another course.  

Tips on Avoiding Uncredited Use of Sources

1. Keep track of your sources. Check out this guide on how to save your searches and create citations from Catalyst.

2. Cite your sources. Check out APA and citation manager guide.

Data misrepresentation or falsification involves altering, withholding, or forging documentation, e.g., medical records, correspondence, academic documents, research results or sources to gain an academic advantage.

Examples: 

• Submitting false, fraudulent, or purchased assignments, research or credentials.
• Taking or releasing, without permission, the ideas or data of others that were shared with the expectation that they were confidential.
• Falsifying, altering, withholding, or concocting medical records, compassionate documents, correspondence, academic documents, research results, references, or research sources.
• Forging or using College documents, records, or instruments of identification with intent to defraud.

Unauthorized collaboration or collusion is a secret cooperation or conspiracy in order to cheat or deceive others.

Example:
Causing a distraction in a testing situation that prevents the professor from observing other students.
 

College Libraries Ontario. (2025, January 12). Academic integrity https://tlp-lpa.ca/research/academic-integrity

Citing the works used in an assignment is an essential skill for upholding academic integrity. It serves to give credit to the original authors of the sources. This applies whether you are summarizing or directly quoting someone’s ideas. Here is our guide to assist you.

APA Citation Guide