Journal mdsolar's Journal: Academic Honor Code 2
I went to schools with academic honor codes. I remember deep qualms when it came time to assent to these codes. I agreed that cheating was dishonorable, but I also worried that reporting others for cheating was dishonorable, and that was a part of the codes. My daughter recently reported a social media cyber bullying situation and had it taken down. Someone got suspended too. She is less of a fence sitter than I was.
I notice now a severe case of academic cheating. Major fossil fuel companies knew about global warming from their own academic research and then lied about it.
Schools with honor codes need to address this if they are holding investments in these companies. As a matter of honor, they must divest. Harvard started an honor code last fall. President Drew Faust can not retain academic integrity and still oppose divestment.
Of schools with honor codes only Stanford has committed to divestment, and so far, only from coal, though the biggest academic cheaters seem to be oil companies.
It will be worth watching to see if the schools with honor codes will live up to them and divest from companies that promote academic dishonesty.
I notice now a severe case of academic cheating. Major fossil fuel companies knew about global warming from their own academic research and then lied about it.
Schools with honor codes need to address this if they are holding investments in these companies. As a matter of honor, they must divest. Harvard started an honor code last fall. President Drew Faust can not retain academic integrity and still oppose divestment.
Of schools with honor codes only Stanford has committed to divestment, and so far, only from coal, though the biggest academic cheaters seem to be oil companies.
It will be worth watching to see if the schools with honor codes will live up to them and divest from companies that promote academic dishonesty.
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