An academic integrity policy usually specifies the university’s ethical principles and values, the forms of appropriate academic behaviour, the penalties for academic malpractice and the procedures for handling policy violations. However, the policy does not itself create academic integrity, but needs to be consistently and effectively communicated, implemented, and applied. This paper presents a case study investigating the extent to which students at Riga Technical University (Latvia) are informed about the university’s academic integrity policy. This quantitative research was performed by surveying two groups of respondents: domestic students in the first year of their bachelor’s studies and the heads of the corresponding study programmes. The results revealed a low level of students’ awareness of the university policy on academic integrity and a lack of systematic institutional approach to promoting academic integrity. The study results also indicated that students with a higher awareness of the university policy on academic integrity were less tolerant towards violations and perceived academic integrity as an essential aspect for both the academic community and student life. These findings establish a foundation for a more extensive discussion of academic integrity issues in Latvia. They can also serve as impetus for similar studies in other Latvian universities, as well as research taking an international comparative perspective.

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学生对拉脱维亚大学的学术诚信政策的意识

学术诚信政策通常会规定大学的道德原则和价值观，适当的学术行为形式，对学术不端行为的处罚以及处理违反政策的程序。但是，该政策本身并不能建立学术诚信，而是需要始终如一且有效地进行沟通，实施和应用。本文提供了一个案例研究，调查了里加技术大学（拉脱维亚）的学生在多大程度上了解该大学的学术诚信政策。这项定量研究是通过对两组受访者进行调查而完成的：学士学位课程第一年的国内学生和相应学习计划的负责人。结果表明，学生对大学关于学术诚信政策的认识水平较低，并且缺乏促进学术诚信的系统性制度方法。研究结果还表明，对大学的学术诚信政策认识较高的学生对违反行为的容忍度较低，并且认为学术诚信是学术界和学生生活的重要方面。这些发现为拉脱维亚更广泛地讨论学术诚信问题奠定了基础。它们也可以作为其他拉脱维亚大学进行类似研究的动力，也可以作为具有国际比较视角的研究的动力。研究结果还表明，对大学的学术诚信政策认识较高的学生对违反行为的容忍度较低，并且认为学术诚信是学术界和学生生活的重要方面。这些发现为拉脱维亚更广泛地讨论学术诚信问题奠定了基础。它们也可以作为其他拉脱维亚大学进行类似研究的动力，也可以作为具有国际比较视角的研究的动力。研究结果还表明，对大学的学术诚信政策认识较高的学生对违反行为的容忍度较低，并且认为学术诚信是学术界和学生生活的重要方面。这些发现为拉脱维亚更广泛地讨论学术诚信问题奠定了基础。它们也可以作为其他拉脱维亚大学进行类似研究的动力，也可以作为具有国际比较视角的研究的动力。