Integrity is a personal commitment to intellectual honesty and responsibility, translating into the highest standards of excellence and trustworthiness in the work done.

Dishonesty of any kind in academic research, be it plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification and misrepresentation or a failure to properly attribute credit, erodes trust in the researcher and his/her work.   

Research dishonesty damages the research institution’s reputation, undermining its ability to seek research funding support, defeats its educational goals and de-values overall research impact.