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ETHOS
A Monthly Publication of the
Center for Academic Integrity
Featuring Summaries of Integrity News plus News from the Center
Quote of the Month
The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.~Merry Browne
“
Unfair Fairey
”
 
Editorial August 12, 2009Source Article 
S
hepard Fairey, the street artist responsible for Obama’s iconic“HOPE” posters, has been accused o
f plagiarism by the AssociatedPress, who have filed a lawsuit against the artist for copyright
infringement. The AP states his “HOPE” work was based on a photo
run by the newspaper. Institutions and academics are lining up oneither side of the debate as
Fairey states his work is covered by “fair 
-
use exception for transformative works.”
Fairley is known formanipulating popular images, which he claims views are still able to
“understand the reference to the original piece.” Others like artist
Mark Vallen state his art is too obscure for the everyday viewer torecognize, and states that Fairey does not credit the originals. The
controversy has gained significant light due to Northwestern’s new
residence hall, International Village, where there is a 240-square footmural painted by Fairey. Critics state the university should have givenmore thought to such a dedication if they are to discourage plagiarismwithin their own student body.
http://www.huntington-news.com/editorial/editorial-unfair-fairey-1.1815346
 
“
B.C. University adds grade worse than F 
”  
 
By Stuart Hunter Source Article Calgary Herald August 13, 2009
 
B.C.
 
University has introduced the grade of “FD” to serve as a scarlet
letter for those who fail due to cheating. The grade can only be
assigned by department heads, and is reserved for, as the University’s
Di
rector of Criminology Rob Gordon states, “egregious cases of academic dishonesty.” The grade would remain on the student’s
transcript for their undergraduate career as well as 2 years after.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/university+adds+grade+worse+than/1890672/story.html  
The Columbia Dispatch
Source Article By: Meredith Heagney
A
fter more than half of the 57 students who took theworld-studies test at Centerburg High School hadpossession of the test beforehand, a time of concernbeget the question
, “Can a school’s culture of cheating be corrected?”
The article cites that academics that
study cheating say “a greater shift has to take place inthe way children are educated.” Dr. Teddi Fishman,
director of the Center for Academic Integrity, wasquoted as stating
. “
Students see grades and graduation astheir goals, rather than knowledge and self-improvement. If improving themselves is the actual goal,
then it doesn’t make sense to cheat,”
http://dispatch.com/live/content/faith_values/stories/2009/08/21/FVcheat.ART_ART_08-21-09_B4_9HER40Q.html?sid=101
 
Can a school's culture of cheating be corrected?
 
 
rom the Director 
Final Conference Preparations . . .
. . . are underway, as we all get ready tomeet in St. Louis. At the conference,
you’ll have the chance to
hearpresentations on topics ranging fromCheating in Graduate SchoolEnvironments to the Value of
Rehabilitation. We’re especially excited
about the excellent slate of pre-conference offerings on topics like EthicsAcross the Curriculum and UsingTechnology in the Classroom to
discourage plagiarism. It’s an amazing
lineup,
and it’s o
nly a little over a monthaway.
Don’t forget to register and make hotel
reservations in time for the early-birdrate!
As always, we hope you’ll join the
conversation on the forum:http://www.academicintegrity.org/members/forum/ For short, informal messages from CAIthat come to your email or cell phone,please follow us to twitter. You can find
CAI’s new twitter feed at
www.twitter/TweetCAI.
 
AUGUST 2009
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