Introduction to A Research Agenda for Academic Integrity: emerging issues in academic integrity research

Abstract

Academic integrity underpins every aspect of education, from pre-school through to elementary school, secondary school, college, university and postgraduate research. Academic integrity is the cornerstone of ethical academic practice and is premised on a set of values most commonly described by the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) as honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (ICAI, 1999 [2013]). Drawing on both the ICAI definition and the Exemplary Academic Integrity Project (2013), Universities Australia articulates the concept as part of the Academic Integrity Best Practice Principles: