Universidad de Monterrey

Impact of an Academic Integrity Seminar in Undergraduate

Students' Perceptions on Ethical Behaǀior

4thInternational Conference

Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018

9th-11thMay 2018

Ephesus, Turkey

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UDEM,2016, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

Objective

To sharethe results of an exploratory research aboutan

AcademicIntegritySeminar

To inspire similar endeavors and get insightful ideas to improve it Photo

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Agenda

I.AboutUniversidad de Monterrey

II.Concepts

AcademicIntegrity

Ethicalbehavior

III.Culture of Integrityat UDEM

IV.AcademicIntegritySeminar

V.A Case Study

VI.Discussion& Conclusions

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AboutUniversidad de Monterrey (UDEM)

Located in the metropolitan zone in Monterrey

Monterrey is the ͞industrial capital of MĠǆico" Second city with greatest purchasing power in México

Ninth in Latin America

Photo from

Bestday

/Monterrey (2015)

Recuperado

el 17 de

Febrero

2015 de:

AboutUniversidad de Monterrey (UDEM)

Almost 50 years old

Catholic inspiration (founded

by five religious congregations)

14,000 students

109 academic programs

46 undergraduate level

15 master's leǀel

13 specialty level

35 medical specialization

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AcademicIntegrity

A commitment to five fundamental values:

honesty trust fairness respect and plus the courageto act on them even in the face of adversity. PhotoUDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

Excel withintegrity

Twofaces of

thesamecoin ͞The enǀironments which reduce the incentive and opportunity to cheat are the very ones your students".

James Lang

(2013, CheatingLessons, p. 39).

Learning

From: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarentum_incuse_nomos_769750.jpg

Integrity

Ethicalbehavior

͞According to Aristotelian philosophy,

͞practicing virtues

is the way to develop and achieve human fulfillment, accomplishing the truth and achieving goodness that our nature demands".

Yepes-Stork& Arangúren-Echevarría

(1999, Fundamentos de Antropología, Un ideal de la excelencia humana, p. 157).

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AcademicIntegrity& Ethicalbehavior

A student working with academic integrity practices virtues, is ethical and moves toward its purpose and fulfillment. PhotoUDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

Academicdishonestyin MexicanUniversities

1.UNAM Reporte de percepción de plagio en la UNAM. (2013). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Recuperado de: http://www.eticaacademica.unam.mx/encuestas.pdf

2.UDEM Encuesta aplicada en la UDEM (2015), Instrumento del ICAI desarrollado por McCabe.

Plagiarize1

PerceiveDishonest

Acts2

Culture of integrity

Some alarming data:

69% of the students

witnessed cheating

Individuals expelled from

campus promoting contract cheating business

104 dishonesty cases, 13

times more than ever PhotoUDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

Academic Integrity Seminar

The most frequent consequence for responsible students

From a dishonest action to a learning opportunity

Purposes

Awareness

Reflection

Enabl

ingacademic and emotional skills

4 modules / 3 weeks

Hybrid format

Enforcement thru a mark in the academic file

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Purposes

Awareness

Reflection

Enabling academic and

emotional skills

A Case Study

Sources:

5 Students

2 Instructors

AI Staff

Instruments:

Interviews

Field observations

Document analysis

Research question:

What is the impact on the students when participating in the Academic

Integrity Seminar?

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Elementsand informationsources

Faceto face

session1

On-line

session3

Faceto face

session2

Dynamic for

introspection: Tell me a story

Field activity: Evidence of a

good action

Activity:

Ethicaldilemma

Observation1

Observation2

Audiovisual

documents

AcademicIntegritySeminar

Students

SeminarAssessment

Interviews

Codes and categories

Social awarenessDecision makingSpecific skillsEthical behavior reward

Participation

opportunity Social awarenessDecision makingLearningPositive incentive

assumptions and knowledge

Positive impactLearning transferNegative

incentiveInterest

DilemmaNegative feelingImprovement

proposals

Ethical decision

Non-ethical

decision

Reasoning

Results

Knowledge

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