RSJ Faculty Blog

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Should RSJ create an honor code?

This week's story on the journalism school Web page suggests that the school consider creating an honor code as a way to create a community built on trust.

The article linked above presents a compelling argument for why this could be an important step for reversing what seems to be a culture of cheating. Given the fact that the discipline of journalism is facing many of the same issues of integrity and honesty that we grapple with on campus, tackling the problem head on at a j-school seems particularly useful.