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Building and maintaining a culture of honor and integrity is important
both to students and faculty here at Carolina. Such a culture is precious
for it reflects the deepest values of the University community. It does
not arise spontaneously or thrive without attention and continuing renewal.
Faculty members have always provided important vision, leadership, and
energy to make that culture strong. It is for these reasons that the
Faculty Council’s resolution on the honor system calls for faculty
involvement in the following terms:
Involvement. To bring to bear requisite faculty judgment
regarding the nature and importance of academic integrity, and to nourish
a strong campus-wide understanding and commitment to associated intellectual
and personal values, faculty members, teaching assistants, and other
instructional personnel should
- Explore issues of integrity in connection with instructional activities
where relevant and appropriate;
- Encourage their academic units to take matters of academic integrity
seriously, become informed regarding related problems and advisable
means of preventing problems from arising, and provide requisite
training and support to instructional personnel;
- Participate upon request as part of educational initiatives, faculty
advisory panels, and University Hearing Boards designed to create,
nurture, and enforce high standards of academic integrity within
the University community.
Here are 15 concrete steps you could take to become personally involved:
- Become familiar with the provisions of the newly revised Honor Code.
Submit questions or comments to the Student
Attorney General’s office so that clarifying interpretations
can be developed or additional “frequently
asked questions” added to this website.
- Talk with your students about academic
integrity.
- Contribute ideas on teaching methods and materials relating to integrity
to the resource bank being established by the Center
for Teaching and Learning. Share a real-life dilemma that you think
would be good for discussion in interactive settings as part of enhanced
training programs for faculty or students.
- Hold a brown-bag lunch in your department to compare thoughts with
colleagues and graduate students about how to create a culture of honor
in your classroom and deal with challenging problems of academic misconduct.
If you’d like faculty or student colleagues from elsewhere on
the campus to join you or assist you in shaping that discussion, please
contact the Honor System Outreach
Office.
- Participate in the Carolina Integrity Initiative during the 2003-2004
school year. For additional information on how faculty, students, and
staff from around the campus are sponsoring speakers, leading discussions,
engaging in activities, and providing leadership to this effort, check
the website of the Johnston
Center for Undergraduate Excellence.
- Invite an outside speaker, develop a discussion program, or inform
others about on ongoing activities in your department or unit that
relate to issues of integrity. If you’d like to have others learn
more about and participate in such activities, contact Judith
Wegner with pertinent information for listing on the Carolina Integrity
Initiative calendar.
- Invite faculty or student colleagues to make a presentation on academic
integrity as part of one of your classes during Honor and Integrity
Week (September 22-26, 2003). For more information, contact the Honor
System Outreach Coordinator.
- Volunteer to be trained as one of 50 campus “Advocates for
Honor” (a group of faculty, students and staff who will help
lead interactive discussions on integrity throughout the campus during
the coming year). Contact Judith
Wegner for more information.
- Volunteer to assist or serve as a member of faculty committees responsible
for Honor System oversight. Contact Judith
Wegner for more information.
- Volunteer for training so that you can sit on a University Hearing
Board charged with handling appeals of cases decided by student honor
court panels. Contact the Judicial Programs
Office for more information.
- Volunteer to speak or provide professional development programming
to UNC employees as part of the Carolina Integrity Initiative. To do
so, contact the Employee
Forum.
- Volunteer to offer a short-course on a topic related to ethics or
integrity as part of the Carolina Community Classroom program offered
through the Friday Center
for Continuing Education.
- Work with the Campus Y, student
athletes, members of sororities, fraternities, and other student organizations
in developing programming on integrity that fits the interests of their
members. To volunteer, contact the Honor System
Outreach office.
- Contact the Center for Public Service about
ways in which issues of integrity might be raised in connection with
service-learning aspects of a class. Volunteer to assist students working
with the Campus Y to provide
service to those in need.
- Assist the Faculty Council in developing a program of faculty forums
that will explore issues of academic integrity that confront faculty
in their own professional lives. The forums will involve interactive
discussion of ethical dilemmas that arise in university teaching and
research, as well as fundamental questions about “academic duty” in
21st century universities. For more information, contact Judith Wegner,
Chair of the Faculty at judith_wegner@unc.edu or
through the Faculty Governance
Office.
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