Academic Integrity in a Digital Age

It is common to hear, this is not fair. In one way something to consider about fairness seem to be the ability to have justice to both sides. If it is the teacher and the student, it will be fair if the student does the test and the teacher marked the test in accordance to standard marking scheme with the same type of marks distribution. Fare treatment is an essential element in creating ethical communities.

According to Fishman (2014) components of fairness include predictability, transparency, and clear reasonable expectations. It is important to note that consistence and just response to dishonest bleaches is an element of fairness. In this case in academic integrity, fairness refers to having an established clear and transparent expectation, standards, and practices to support fairness in the interactions of students, teachers, and administrators. All members require fair treatment from each other. Students play fair when they work and retain the reputation of the academic institution, acknowledge the authors in their academic work and when they adhere to integrity policies. Teachers are fair when they communicate expectations clearly, respond to dishonest consistently, and uphold academic integrity.  On the whole fairness prevails when all services are provided on the basis of respect.