What is educational integrity?

APFEI defines educational integrity as a commitment to the key values of honesty, trust, equity, respect and responsibility, and the translation of these values into action (adapted from the Center for Academic Integrity "The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity" 1999). This view of integrity involves much more than a commitment from students not to cheat or plagiarise. Academic integrity is multi-dimensional and is enabled by all those in the educational enterprise, from students to teachers, librarians, advisors, research colleagues and administrators. It is for this reason that APFEI prefaces ‘integrity’ with ‘educational’ rather than just the more conventional ‘academic’. Additionally, from the first conference in 2003, APFEI have sought to be inclusive in our approach to the numerous stakeholders of integrity across the various educational sectors.