0 Purpose of Policy The purpose of this policy is to set out the University’s commitment to Academic Integrity, with particular reference to: the importance of acknowledgement practice; responding to plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct in a consistent and equitable manner; and the roles and responsibilities of staff and students in upholding the values of Academic Integrity. 2.0 Definitions Word Academic Integrity Definition (with examples if required) Demonstrating the
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academic misconduct. Where there are reasonable grounds for believing that this occurred, disciplinary procedures as outlined in the policies and procedures will be implemented. PLEASE SIGN BELOW (TYPE YOUR NAME) TO INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE SATISFIED THESE REQUIREMENTS- * I have read the policy on Plagiarism Policy and Procedure and the relevant referencing guides (or have had this explained to me by my Assessor) and understand the consequences of committing academic misconduct as outlined
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In 2012, Annie Dookhan, was a lab technician at the crime lab. Dookhan was arrested in Boston with charges of obstruction of justice and Perjury. It is said that Dookhan was responsible for testing substances brought in by police that appeared to be an illegal substance. It was noted that her work performance was above the norm by over 50% of her other coworkers. Dookhan was called Superwoman due to her testing over 500 samples in a month while the norm is 150 a month. This raised concern which started
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Business Research Ethics Bobbie Stolze RES/351 October 15th, 2012 James Malachowski Business Research Ethics Today there are many cases of unethical business research that usually result in entire firms as well as individuals that are convicted and fined in the court of law. Unethical business research comes in many forms some of these forms are inappropriate questionnaires, research fraud, failure to maintain participant’s privacy, and even skewing research results. The following information
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The Dookhan case is better explained as a “bad apple” because Dookhan showed the characteristics of a bad apple that Thompson, in his article, “Beyond Bad Apples”, explains as careless, incompetent, and malicious. Dookhan began to show her carelessness for the cases she forged signatures on the drug testing paperwork. This shows that Dookhan did not care to allow her superiors to peer review her findings and that she would try to find the easy way out of testing the drug samples. By forging the signatures
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Ethical leadership problems that resulted in columbia/hca's misconduct There were organizational ethical leadership problems that resulted in Columbia/HCA’s misconduct. They were focused more on profits. Leadership allowed or asked billing to swindle Medicare and other federal programs. They paid doctor’s to sign off on records that a patient had a detailed procedure even though they did not. They used a patient dumping system or released patients to other hospitals
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procedures, laws and regulations applicable to one's job and for seeking guidance when needed. It is important to avoid misconduct that violates the law, this Code, or Company policies, but also the appearance of impropriety. The point, which a subject is not explicitly explained in this Code, does not relieve an employee of their responsibility to maintain the highest ethical standards under all circumstances. If one has any concern about whether their actions or inactions could violate a law
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The ACA Code serves five main purposes. The five purposes are summed up as, clarification to members the nature of ethical responsibilities, helps support the mission of the association, establishes principles that define ethical behavior, serves as an ethical guide to help members construct a professional course of action and the ACA Code serves as the basis for processing ethical complaints and inquiries initiated against members of the association
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order to improve our image and our ethical performance Our priority now is to initiate a well implemented ethical program in order to improve the ethical culture of the company. Well, Building an ethical culture is not an easy mission and can take time, but it is not as hard as many companies may think. Everyone in this company should understand the meaning of an ethical culture, and what it takes to build one. This report will outline how to reinforce an ethical culture within the company and provide
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implementation of a corporate code of ethics explained by Sommers, (2001), Adam and Rachman-Moore (2004), O’Dwyer and Madden (2006) and Effective Control Systems, Rosanas and Velila (2005). A morally matured person acts and behaves around the universal ethical principles, whereas, morally immature people will act and behave around egocentric motivations, Kohlberg (1969). Understanding the maturity level of the corporation’s management team is will determine the success a monitoring system would provide
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