Academic Integrity in a Digital Age

Retaliation is about doing something in response to an action done to oneself or an associate, especially to attack or injure someone as a response to a hurtful action. Retaliation of any kind against a person who reported or provided information about suspected or alleged misconduct and who has not acted in bad faith is prohibited. Retaliation is about revenge, vengeance, reprisal, retribution. In other words retaliation may also refer to counter attack. In academic institutions this appears when someone caused someone to be punished. The situation of retaliation comes when the one punished is revenging. In academic work this is prohibited.