Written by Joshua Kragh Bruhn
A pilot of a what will be a mandatory online course in academic integrity for all new students to CBS was launched in Canvas earlier this week.
The purpose of the course is to ensure a basic and shared understanding in all CBS students, regardless of specialization, of key academic integrity issues and not least of how to avoid them to begin with.
The course is a collaboration between the Dean´s office, the student administration, the legal team, Teaching & Learning, and the library, and it discusses, through videos and prose, some of the main issues confronting students when they embark on their new life in academia, amongst these plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
In this very first iteration, students are invited to engage with the course on a voluntary basis, as at this stage we are mostly curious to find out what students think about the contents, the setup, etc.
New guide available
As part of the initiative, a brand new guide on how to work with integrity as a CBS student has been released to give more seasoned students a chance to brush up on their academic integrity skills as well. This guide is far more comprehensive than the course and includes, apart from plagiarism in its various manifestations, contributions on copyright and GDPR, bias in research, falsification and fabrication of data, and much more.
We hope that this guide will help relevant stakeholders at CBS align their understanding of the issues in order that the message conveyed to students is always correct and consistent.
As lecturers, you can use the guide as a point of reference for students who are struggling with basic academic skills, as a chance to brush up on CBS guidelines and regulations, and as a segway to classroom discussions about what is required to perform with integrity, at CBS and in academia generally.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Joshua Kragh Bruhn