Academic Honesty

Most academic institutions will have a lawyer-generated statement on "Academic Integrity" posted on the official website, and this statement is normally mentioned in most syllabi. But what exactly does academic honesty mean?

According to Charles LipsoIf, author of Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success…

"Academic honesty boils down to three simple but powerful principles: (1)When you say you did the work yourself, you actually did it. (2)When you rely on someone else’s work, you cite it. When you use their words, you quote them openly and accurately, and you cite them, too. (3)When you present research materials, you present them fairly and truthfully. That’s true whether the research involves data, documents or the writings of other scholars."