Investigated cue leakage during deception. Demonstrated that during a prepared lie (one that is rehearsed or mentally prepared), liars exhibited shorter response latencies and message durations, less smiling, more affirmative nodding and body adaptors than truth tellers did. During a spontaneous lie, liars exhibited more body adapters than truth…

Identifies common ethical dilemmas that arise in performance technology consultant-client relationships and the difficulties both parties have in resolving them. Questions of integrity v ethics, legality v ethics, conflict of interest issues, contracts and fee issues, and ownership issues are addressed. (MER)

Discusses a study of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) with the goal of offering an alternative model for studying associations that combines a theoretical framework with a case study design. Theories of organization, convergence, and global integrity ethics are discussed, and a survey of IASL membership is appended.…

Chairman of board of IBM, John F. Akers recalls experiences landing at night on aircraft carrier and compares this to running a large corporation. Akers says to meet challenges in any endeavor, set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on course of action; and give them your ultimate…

Describes a study that examined generally accepted ethical norms in library and information science journals regarding practices such as the multiple publication of the same article, plagiarism, and cronyism. The responses of editors to action scenarios focused on ethical behavior are discussed and conclusions are drawn about the ethical…

Fifteen questions about research policy at higher education institutions are posed. The questions address concerns about the credibility and integrity of institutions that perform research in the national interest and are intended to stimulate discussion by policymakers as the country enters a period of likely reductions in federal basic research…

Assessed differences in student attitudes, perceptions, values, and participation in issues of academic integrity and dishonesty among undergraduates (n=334) at three public universities in North Carolina. Found differences in students' personal characteristics and student activities and attitudes at the three schools. Sex differences also were…

Presents a seven-step methodology for utilizing integrity constraint knowledge from heterogeneous databases. Describes generating a set of integrity constraints applicable at the integrated level from constraints specified on local databases. Introduces the concept of constraint-based relationships between objects in heterogeneous databases;…

Makes a case for teaching integrity in the classroom through writing assignments and case studies of ethical situations that teenagers would face in their daily lives. (TB)

Three employer groups (n=117), 47 accounting faculty, and 63 students rated the following characteristics of potential employees: master's degree, overall and accounting grade point average, personal integrity, communication skills, energy/drive/enthusiasm, and appearance. Employers and faculty considered integrity extremely important; students…

This article proposes that teacher education programs be developed to promote social justice and accountability. Teacher educators must prepare teachers by (a) inspiring them with experiences of schools and classrooms where the achievement gap is disappearing, (b) preparing them to use curriculum standards and assessments, as well as multiple…

Most university administrators acknowledge the need to engender social responsibility among students. College mission statements feature this goal front and center, and higher education is trying to address this challenge through both ethics courses (theory) and service programs (practice). The author of this paper contends that many of the…

This paper explores why an institutional framework for dealing with plagiarism by students is necessary and it outlines the main ingredients of such a framework that has been developed at Lancaster University. It defines plagiarism as a form of academic malpractice and frames it as a breach of academic integrity. The framework places a strong…

Initiatives encouraging the professionalization of teachers in the UK Higher Education sector should employ pedagogies that support the idea of discipline-based interdependence. Such initiatives with pedagogies cultivating a critical professionalism capable of challenging the marketization of Higher Education, presume adequate consideration of…

This article examines how a widespread homophobic ideology makes the coming out process for adolescents an event that is traumatic, potentially threatening the physical integrity of the coming out adolescent. It outlines the relational and individual processes specific to those youths who are able to successfully adapt and develop in the face of…