Integrity

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Integrity

• God is I AM
• So, who are we?

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Integrity

• Being the whole person God made in you.
• Nothing else matters

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Who is this guy?

• Dr. Don Thompson
• Great Books Professor
• Scientist
• Academic Dean (1997-2003)
• Associate Vice President
• Father, Husband
• Child of God

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Integrity ? Ethics

• Behaving the way you wish everybody would
• Immanuel Kant

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Ethics ? Plagiarism

• Using somebody elses intellectual work
• Without their permission
• or
• Without giving them credit
• Comes in many forms

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Plagiarism Quiz Part I

• Which of these offenses is the worst?
• Copy and Paste from your friends term paper
• Paraphrasing another author without saying so
• Copying a paper from the Internet

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Plagiarism Quiz Part II

• Which is the worst sin?
• Plagiarizing and having
• no one find out
• mom or dad find out
• your best friend find out
• your teacher find out
• the whole school find out

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Getting Caught

• How does plagiarism depend on getting caught?
• By a friend, your parents, teachers,

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Music/Video Analogy

• What is wrong with ?
• Using Kazaa to fill your hard drive with tunes
  and videos
• Copying and selling a CD/DVD to your friend
• Applying to a universitys school of music and
  claiming another composers work as your own

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Plagiarism (Revisited)

• Stealing (4th Commandment )
• Using somebody elses stuff, their intellectual
  capital
• Bearing False Witness (5th Commandment)
• Passing yourself off as somebody else
• Also known as LYING
• Both violate your integrity

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Technology Temptations
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How much will this hurt?

• Sanctions
• From Grade Change to The Boot
• I could tell you stories, so I will
• I just gave him my notes
• Penalty?
• I kind of like, you know, paraphrased his words
• Penalty?
• I didnt have enough time to write a paper for
  this class
• Penalty?

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Help me -- stop!

• How do I NOT do this?

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• RUN AWAY

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Be on guard!

• Ethics Plagiarism are about your God-created
  character
• The temptation to plagiarize WILL HAPPEN!
• Whether you are caught now or later it is still
  WRONG!
• So, just RUN AWAY RUN AWAY