Academic integrity: Concept, content and ways of violating it

Abstract

Academic integrity is one of the most important pillars of higher education. It unites in itself the demand for perseverance and honesty in research that contributes to the development of science; request for collegial appreciation and respect for the work of members of the academic community, without discrimination, disparagement or denial of academic freedoms; request to spread a good ethical example of work and success only on the basis of honorable, honest and persistent work; and the requirement to accept minimum standards of ethical behavior that should protect all members of the academic community. Academic integrity, because of all the above, goes beyond its own concept and must be a way of life for the members of the academic community. As a result of an analytical and comparative (and somewhat critical) review of the concept of academic integrity, mainly in the domestic scientific community, certain recommendations for harmonizing the definitions and scope of the concept of academic integrity emerged.

Keywords

• integrity
• academic integrity
• university