Why Are Honor Codes Important
The Honor Code
“An anonymous author stated that he has learned, when people honor each other, there is a trust established that leads to interdependence, and a deep respect for each other.” (Unknown) This quote gives an exact definition on the importance of an honor code for schools and how students should honor their school, fellow classmates, and most importantly their faculty. Honor codes exemplify a well-established atmosphere where faculties of a school reassure themselves and parents that school is a respectful and hardworking environment. Also honor codes create an environment where kids learn how to conduct themselves as a mature individual and take that maturity with them after they graduate. Honor codes allow a mutually expected …show more content…
An article by David Callahan discussed how honor codes reduce student cheating. First he mentioned how professors in college discover multiple students who plagiarize. Usually professors recognize language that is very sophisticated for a college writing level. Cheating is an ongoing problem on campuses with essays and exams. It was mentioned the University of Central Florida handled an ongoing “cheating scandal” on a mid-term that involved 200 students in 2011where as Universities having honor codes reported rare incidents of cheating. The article begins to compare Universities with honor codes to Universities without them. In 1993 there was a study done by Donald McCabe and Linda Trevino who researched the impacts of the honor code and discovered that there was less cheating in honor code environments. Then in 1999 they revisited the issue of the honor codes and why they are important. They discovered that “institutions with honor codes frame the issue of academic integrity in a fundamentally different way from students who do not have enforced honor codes.” (Callahan) Donald and his colleagues wrote that “students see themselves as a part of a moral community that offers significant trust and freedom which has specific rules and expectations which must enacted to preserve that trust and freedom” (Callahan) when a honor code is enforced. Lastly the article poses a question on why schools that do not have honor codes should create them since it is proven that “40 years of research have demonstrated that honor codes make a difference.” (Callahan) Not only does the honor code enable students to learn how to honor others but also teaches them that honor corresponds with inanimate objects like a
“An anonymous author stated that he has learned, when people honor each other, there is a trust established that leads to interdependence, and a deep respect for each other.” (Unknown) This quote gives an exact definition on the importance of an honor code for schools and how students should honor their school, fellow classmates, and most importantly their faculty. Honor codes exemplify a well-established atmosphere where faculties of a school reassure themselves and parents that school is a respectful and hardworking environment. Also honor codes create an environment where kids learn how to conduct themselves as a mature individual and take that maturity with them after they graduate. Honor codes allow a mutually expected …show more content…
An article by David Callahan discussed how honor codes reduce student cheating. First he mentioned how professors in college discover multiple students who plagiarize. Usually professors recognize language that is very sophisticated for a college writing level. Cheating is an ongoing problem on campuses with essays and exams. It was mentioned the University of Central Florida handled an ongoing “cheating scandal” on a mid-term that involved 200 students in 2011where as Universities having honor codes reported rare incidents of cheating. The article begins to compare Universities with honor codes to Universities without them. In 1993 there was a study done by Donald McCabe and Linda Trevino who researched the impacts of the honor code and discovered that there was less cheating in honor code environments. Then in 1999 they revisited the issue of the honor codes and why they are important. They discovered that “institutions with honor codes frame the issue of academic integrity in a fundamentally different way from students who do not have enforced honor codes.” (Callahan) Donald and his colleagues wrote that “students see themselves as a part of a moral community that offers significant trust and freedom which has specific rules and expectations which must enacted to preserve that trust and freedom” (Callahan) when a honor code is enforced. Lastly the article poses a question on why schools that do not have honor codes should create them since it is proven that “40 years of research have demonstrated that honor codes make a difference.” (Callahan) Not only does the honor code enable students to learn how to honor others but also teaches them that honor corresponds with inanimate objects like a