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ETHOS
A Monthly Publication of the
Center for Academic Integrity
Featuring Summaries of Integrity News plus News from the Center
FEBRUARY 2009
Quote of the Month
“First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do.”~ Epictetus
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Keep your eyes on your own prescription:buse cheating?”Is prescription drug a
Source Article by Ross Griffith
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Hatchet,
Volume 104, Issue 38. Hatchet Publications, Inc;Washington, D.C.In this article Ross Griffith discusses recent concerns about theuse of prescription drugs to enhance academic performance. Theauthor asks whether or not prescription drugs, such as Ritalin,used for ADD and to enhance concentration, give students anunfair academic advantage. Griffith argues that drugs, such asRitalin, do not allow students to ‘cheat’ because students still dotheir work without the help of an outside source.
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“It's Culture, Not Morality”
 
Source Article by Scott Jaschik 
 
Inside
 
Higher 
 
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‐ Washington, DC, Posted online 02/03/2009Scott Jaschik presents
Inside
 
Higher 
 
Education' 
review of 
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SusanBlum's upcoming book (Cornell University Press). Blum, ananthropologist at the University of Notre Dame, explores manyissues of academic integrity, including the question of whystudents cheat. This book challenges conventional wisdom,suggessolutio
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ting that culture is not only the problem but the potentialn to promoting integrity in academic settings.
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ved Online 2/3/2009Article
Nation
RetrieSource John Bailly was the National Runner‐up. The InsThe ‘National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ recentlyannounced the ‘Inspire Integrity Awards’ for 2008‐2009. Dr. John Pease was awarded the 2008‐2009National Recipient of the Inspire Integrity Award. Dr.pireIntegrity Award is a national student‐nominatedfaculty award. A list of fifteen other national finalists,as well as information regarding rewardqualifications, can be found on the National Society of Collegiate Scholar’s website.
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Dr. John Pease is Awarded 2008‐2009 Inspire Integrity Award
 
rom the Director 
The staff at Center for Academic Integrity ispleased to present to you the inauguraledition of 
Ethos
, our new monthlynewsletter. Our plan is to gather andsummarize integrity news you may havemissed, and present that along withinformation about current goings‐on at thecenter. If you have conferenceannouncements or CFPs, we will also behappy to share those with the membership.This just in! After tallying the votes bothfrom the forum site and the votes andsuggestions that were submitted via email,we have our conference theme for this year:
Creating
 
a
 
Culture
 
of 
 
Integrity:
 
Research
 
and 
 
Best 
 
Practices
. Thanks to everyone whovoted or wrote in with comments andsuggestions.We invite all members who have not yet visited, to check out our new members’forum.http://www.academicintegrity.org/members/forum/On your first visit to the forum, you will needto register. Note: Your forum login andpassword are *not* the same ones you use toaccess the CAI site—they are individual sothat each member can choose his or her ownname and password.Please look for the official conferenceannouncement and call for papers in ournext (March) issue
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