-- which does not address the interplaying and overlapping context of Renaissance values, including
honor codes.
The authors investigate new themes, such as the political implications of
honor codes and their meanings among plebeians, in addition to building upon the existing literature that has focused on marriage, sexuality, and race mixing.
There's also been a lot written in the academic literature on the subject of
honor codes. Traditional ivy-league type
honor codes typically include provisions such as unproctored exams, a written pledge that students are asked to sign attesting to the integrity of their work, and a judicial system whereby students themselves take the role of judge and jury in any allegation of academic dishonesty.
Hall, Scott and Gambill examined levels of cheating and the impact of
honor codes and other integrity practices on effectively reducing unethical academic behaviors.
The brief chapters examine the idea of a student bill of rights, retention,
honor codes, at-risk students, college students, and instruction designed for differing achievement levels or a child's best time of day.
However,
honor codes may represent the most important contextual factor, because they offer faculty and administrators a means to influence behavior across the entire student body.
A second question asks where should institution begin in reconsidering student discipline, and the it is suggested that the use of
honor codes to address the issue of student cheating might be a good place to begin, while another might be the establishment of a "citizenship curriculum" to foster a more moral community.
But while the academic administrators are writing white papers and developing
honor codes, it's the teachers who are forced to cope, often on a daily basis, with the reality of students' dishonest behavior.
Despite the fundamental nature of this question, there is a surprising paucity of empirical research which addresses the effectiveness of
honor codes. the study discussed here attempts to help fill this gap by comparing academic dishonesty in colleges that have
honor codes and those that do not.
Espoused values consist of the cadet
honor codes and leadership values.
Some schools have
honor codes that ask students to state they have not cheated and that they will not tolerate it if someone else does.