IntroductionOn a research paper, how much information can you "borrow" with or without citing the original author? How do you cite resources that you "borrowed" or cited from the original author? Will anyone know if you submit a friend's research paper? No one can watch you take an online test from your living room – should this change the way you take a test? Who is hurt by academic dishonesty? Who cares if you steal test answers, falsify experimental data, cheat on an exam, or download information from a website and pass it in as your own work? To take a simple example, would you want to be operated on by a doctor who cheated during medical school? Or would you feel comfortable on a bridge designed by an engineer who cheated during her engineering studies? Would you entrust your tax return to an accountant who copied his exam papers from his neighbor? All of the examples above reflect a concept called academic integrity. This essay will focus on two questions based on the general topic of "academic integrity" in the context of work carried out by undergraduate students. The two questions to be discussed are: what is the meaning of “academic integrity”? What is the importance of "academic integrity" in the assignments completed by undergraduate students?What is the meaning of "academic integrity"?Integrity is important in all areas of life. (Academic Integrity: A Letter to My Students*by William M. Taylor Professor of Political Science Oakton Community College Des Plains, Illinois)Academic integrity is a commitment, even in the face of adversity, that is based on five core values ​​including honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility for your actions. The Center for Academic life, as in life, involves a system of interconnected rights and responsibilities that reflect our mutual dependence on each other . The success of our individual efforts in this area, as in many other areas of life, depends on the ability of each of us to conscientiously exercise our rights and assume our responsibilities. And the failure of any one of us – even just one of us – to do what is required will diminish, even slightly, the possibility of others achieving their goals. This is why it is essential that all of us in this class practice academic integrity, in both practical senses of the word. For the practice of today will lay a solid foundation for the practice of tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, so that through daily practice integrity will be woven throughout the fabric of our lives, and therefore through at least part of our lives. social fabric.