What is Academic Integrity?
According to the International Center for Academic Integrity, Academic Integrity represents the moral value and ethical standard upheld within academia. It is the commitment to honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage in all scholarly activities.

Why is Academic Integrity Important?
As a UNB student, you are expected to act with Academic Integrity. Therefore, it's important that you're aware of both UNB policies, and course specific guidelines around academic integrity. To understand if you're acting with Academic Integrity:
- Review the UNB Regulations on Academic Offenses
- Read your course syllabus
- Look for any policies on the use of AI
- Find out how you're supposed to acknowledge ideas from others/AI (acknowledge use, or include in bibliography)
- Check if tests/exams are open or closed book
- See if you can collaborate on assignments with classmates, or if they are intended to be completed entirely separately
- Talk to your instructor
Academic Misconduct
In addition to guidance your instructors give you for specific classes, the University of New Brunswick has guidelines on Academic Offenses that it is important every student familiarizes themselves with. While this guide focuses on best practices around writing and citation best practices, the policy also includes other forms of academic misconduct, including submitting false information to get work extensions or exemptions, and cheating on tests.
- Avoiding Plagiarism - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University
- How do I protect my Academic Integrity? - Trent University
It can be challenging to learn to paraphrase properly, and ensure that you're not inadvertently plagiarizing. Review the resources that the Writing Centre has compiled on understanding when citations are needed, and how to approach direct quotes, and paraphrasing.