Honesty is the best policy Thinking about cheating on a test or in class because "everyone does it"? Think again.
- Cheating is dishonest.
- Cheating diminishes your character.
- Cheating is unethical.
- Cheating is just plain wrong.
- Don't do it.
- Don't stand for it.
- Don't look the other way when you see someone else cheating.
The staff of the Testing Office and Michigan State University are committed to academic honesty and excellence.
The Testing Office and Test Preparation Consortium actively collaborate with the Office of the Ombudsman on issues related to fostering academic honesty. http://www.msu.edu/unit/ombud/honestylinks.html
"The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community of teachers and scholars..."
From All University Policy, Integrity of Scholarship and Grades
http://www.vps.msu.edu/SpLife/rule32.htm
"...Cheating is not a victimless act. It victimizes individuals, as well as society at large. Think about it, would you want to have surgery from someone who cheated his or her way through medical school? ...Cheating...undermines integrity and fairness at all levels."
From "The Time Has Come to Tackle Academic Cheating: Nothing Less Than the Strength of our Children's Character is at Stake" by Educational Testing Service
The Center for Academic Integrity
http://www.academicintegrity.org
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.