Influencing student academic integrity choices using ethics scenarios.

Daniels, Mats; Berglund, Anders; McDermott, Roger

Abstract

Academic misconduct seems to have increased substantially during the pandemic, with a worldwide upsurge in reported cases. The aim of this project is to construct a framework for helping students engage with issues concerning academic integrity and avoid academic misconduct. This Work-In-Progress paper reports on the construction of a scenario-based framework to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of university stakeholders when confronted with decisions about potential academic misconduct. The framework will be based on using scenarios to spur individual reflections and discussions among the students regarding values related to academic integrity focusing on Uppsala University context. A repository of "misconduct" scenarios related to different cultures, including different views and regulations, is intended to support teachers to develop modules tailored to their current need. The underlying idea is to provide students with an understanding of what constitutes academic misconduct in Uppsala University setting and to help them find honest alternatives when faced with temptations to "cheat". Our view is that students, in general, want to behave honestly, and that this framework will provide a means to help students follow their moral "compass" and avoid dishonest behaviour.

Citation

DANIELS, M., BERGLUND, A. and MCDERMOTT, R. 2022. Influencing student academic integrity choices using ethics scenarios. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2022), 8-11 October 2022, Uppsala, Sweden. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article 9962607. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962607

• Conference Name: 2022 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2022)
• Conference Location: Uppsala, Sweden
• Start Date: Oct 8, 2022
• End Date: Oct 11, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Apr 25, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 8, 2022
• Publication Date: Nov 29, 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Series ISSN: 2377-634X
• ISBN: 9781665462440
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962607
• Keywords: Academic misconduct; Academic integrity; Student behavour; Scenario-based learning; Pandemic; COVID-19
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1823657