Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity is important at Clemson as much as at any institution. It is vital to uphold the pillars that Clemson was founded on, truthfulness, honor, and responsibility, in order to keep the respect of the school as seen by others, as well as the respect of yourself as seen by others. Academic Integrity is about being true to yourself as well as being true to others. This obviously means that cheating is bad, but also that you need to be responsible enough not to let anybody cheat off of your own things.  As well as cheating, it is also important to refrain from stealing from other people and/or sources, or plagiarizing. Plagiarism does nothing but hurt you when you think about it. You stop yourself from having original ideas, so you stop yourself from the thinking you deserve. Lastly, lying is something you should refrain from doing. Lying not only hurts you, but it hurts the people you lie to. It is much better to be truthful to yourself and do worse than to lie and do better. If any of these things happen, it is really easy for someone to lose trust and respect in you. If those things are lost, it will be very hard to succeed in life and get a job, let alone a college degree. Be honest with yourself so that you will be trusted and respected in life by others as well as yourself.