Ethics is known as the moral principles that govern a person’s behavior. Within the workforce and academia exist a code of conduct. Essentially a code of conduct acts as a set of rules that outlines the social norms, and responsibilities of its organization. Ethics sounds similar to laws, but they have one major difference. Ethics are social guidelines focused on morality, while laws act as rules and regulations that have punishments. These guidelines will have similarities and vary depending on the company or university. This can be seen when looking at the code of academic integrity of Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology(NJIT). NJIT’s policy on academic integrity is brief, but with condensed information. The policy is broken up into different sections. The first section being “Purpose”, a reasoning behind the policy itself. The university strives to develop and maintain a high level of ethics and honesty among the community. The second section gives definitions for key words used throughout the policy. The four keywords are: academic …show more content…
It clearly addresses the issue and various solutions. Depending on the severity of the offence, you will receive a certain punishment. The reporting, investigation, and adjudication process is simple and fair. The university handles each offence on a case by case basis. As mentioned, NJIT’s policy did not have a section for time limit. I would assume there would be some time constraints for each case. This should be added to the policy. A code of conduct is unique to its organization. While similarities are present, the code represents how the organization wants to be viewed by the public. In the case of NJIT, it wants its students to maintain a high level of ethics and honesty. The university expects that its graduates will assume positions of leadership within their professions and communities and wants to instill these values to represent our