We understand specific academic integrity events as those that target one of the six values that underwrite academic integrity in particular. So, specific academic integrity events aim to inform participants about a particular value underwriting academic integrity.
Example 1: Data-Management
This sort of event primarily highlights responsibility in the academy. Of course, being responsible here helps you maintain honesty in reporting, builds trust between you and your test subjects or the public at large, and shows proper respect for those participating in your study or those who supplied you with an idea or two. In fact, this is true across the board—these values overlap in many interesting ways. Hence, this event, like almost all specific academic integrity events indirectly or secondarily gets at other values underwriting academic integrity.
As a researcher, you are responsible for managing data and resources. Often that means ensuring that specimens collected are properly identified and kept in a secure location. For others, it means studiously keeping track of where you first heard an idea or an elaboration of it.
These events can be geared toward faculty, staff, and students, since everyone in the academia should find it useful to discuss what proper data management is or innovative ways to improve data management. You’ll also want to consider whether the target audience is from one or more academic disciplines, as that will offer some guidance regarding how general the content of the event is.
Example 2: Proper Treatment of Non-Human Animals
This sort of event primarily highlights respect in the academy. Of course, being respectful of non-human animals helps you maintain responsibility with respect to your moral and professional duties, builds courage insofar as you may be forced to forgo a research program simply because the method you’ve developed causes an immoral amount of suffering on the subjects you aim to test, and shows that you can be trusted to embark only on those projects that are morally acceptable. In fact, this is true across the board—these values overlap in many interesting ways. Hence, this event, like almost all specific academic integrity events indirectly or secondarily gets at other values underwriting academic integrity.
Researchers working with non-human animals should show proper respect toward their research subjects whether they are human or not. Often that means ensuring that your research project does not cause a level of suffering that goes beyond what is morally and legally permissible. For others, it means writing about non-human animals in a manner that preserves their dignity or supports their proper treatment.
These events can be geared toward faculty, staff, and students, since everyone in the academia should find it useful to discuss what proper respect for non-human animals is or innovative ways to understand the extent to which a method might cause undue suffering. You’ll also want to consider whether the target audience is from one or more academic disciplines, as that will offer some guidance regarding how general the content of the event is.