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Universidad de Monterrey
Photo UDEM,2016, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

                                                     Creating a Culture of Integrity:
                                                   Commitments, Actions and Results
                                                                   4th International Conference
                                                           Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
                                                                         9th - 11th May 2018
                                                                          Ephesus, Turkey
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
Agenda

   Context
     •    About Universidad de Monterrey
     •    Corruption in Mexico
   Case Study
     a.   UDEM’s efforts
          1.    Problem recognition
          2.    Integrity System
          3.    Center for Integrity
     b.   SAID benckmarking criteria
     c.   Lessons learned
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
Context

          Context
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
About Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
 • Located in the metropolitan area of Monterrey
 • Monterrey is the “industrial capital of México”
 • Second city with greatest purchasing power in México
 • Ninth in Latin America

                                                          Photo from Bestday/Monterrey (2015) Recuperado el 17 de Febrero de
                                                          2015 de: http://www.bestday.com.mx/Monterrey/Compras/
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
About Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)

• Almost 50 years old

• Catholic inspiration (founded
  by five religious congregations)

• 14,000 students

• 109 academic programs
   • 46 undergraduate level
   • 15 master’s level
   • 13 specialty level
   • 35 medical specialization

                                        Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
Corruption in Mexico

                                                                                                                     2014   2015   2016   2017
                                                                                                             Score   35     31     30     29
                                                                                                             Rank    103    111    123    135

  Transparency International - https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2017
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
Corruption in Mexican Universities

                                                                                                                                                  Perceive Dishonest
                                         Plagiarize1                                                                                                     Acts2

1.UNAM Reporte de percepción de plagio en la UNAM. (2013). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Recuperado de: http://www.eticaacademica.unam.mx/encuestas.pdf
2.UDEM Encuesta aplicada en la UDEM (2015), Instrumento del ICAI desarrollado por McCabe.
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
Case Study

             Case Study
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
Case Study

 Research questions:

 A.   What has been the approach adopted in
      the transformation process toward a
      more honest culture?

 B.   How useful are the SAID benchmarking
      criteria to assess the approach?

 C.   What lessons can be offered to inform
      change processes in other educational
      institutions?

                                              Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
Universidad de Monterrey - Creating a Culture of Integrity: Commitments, Actions and Results - Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond 2018
A. UDEM’s efforts

                           2016

              2011                    3. Center for Integrity
          2009               2. Integrity System
                     1. Problem recognition

  1969   UDEM’s foundation
A. UDEM’s efforts
                                   2018

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         Headcount                 Cases                 $ k USD
A. UDEM’s efforts

                              2016

                 2011                     3. Center for Integrity
          2009                  2. Integrity System
                        1. Problem recognition

  1969   UDEM’s foundation
1. Problem recognition

        • A group of champions led by the university's president to:
                       review current regulations
                       carry out a comparative analysis worldwide

ICAI affiliation                                    An “honor pledge”                                   A diagnostic study

 Photo taken from: https://academicintegrity.org/                   Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
A. UDEM’s efforts

                              2016

                 2011                    3. Center for Integrity
          2009                  2. Integrity System
                        1. Problem recognition

  1969   UDEM’s foundation
2. Integrity System

Image UDEM,2014, stock UDEM, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
2. Actions to strengthen AI

        Honor Code

                                                    On-line course for faculty

Image UDEM,2014, stock UDEM, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
2. Actions to strengthen AI

 Communication campaigns      Web page for academic writing

                                         http://www3.udem.edu.mx/deac/estrategias/html/index.html
2. Joining efforts

        • Sinergy with other organizations

        • Annual Conference

Photos taken from: https://hagamoslobien.org/, https://twitter.com/ccxmexico, http://www.hazcortoconlacorrupcion.com/
A. UDEM’s efforts

                              2016

                 2011                    3. Center for Integrity
          2009                 2. Integrity System
                        1. Problem recognition

  1969   UDEM’s foundation
3. Center for Integrity - Objectives
                                                    I. An honest campus.
                                                    I. Association of Educational Institutions in Support of Integrity
                                                    I. Projects linked to the real necessities of society in terms of
                                                       ethics & integrity.
Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
3. Center for Integrity

                                                    3.1 Institutional Policies
                                                    3.2 Commitment
                                                    3.3 Training
                                                    3.4 Promotion
                                                    3.5 Assessment
Photo UDEM,2016, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
3. Center for Integrity

 3.1 Institutional Policies
 • Honor Code and its Decalogue
 • AI breaches management
     •   Gradualness
     •   Mitigating & aggravating criteria
     •   Consequence matchs severity
     •   Simple process

                                             Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
3. Center for Integrity

    For UDEM, enact academic integrity means to:
    I.    speak the truth;
    II. comply with classes and works;
    III. carry out activities with each one’s effort searching to
          learn;
    IV. answer exams only with the material authorized;
    V. recognize original works and quote correctly;
    VI. collaborate fairly in team projects;
    VII. respect diversity of opinions;
                                                   The change starts with you!
    VIII. avoid contributing in any kind of cheating;
    IX. report dishonest actions;
                                                        New Honor Code
    X. responsibly accept the consequences of actions.
3. Center for Integrity

                                                    3.2 Commitment (stakeholders involvement)
                                                    • Board of Directors              • Honor Council
                                                    • AI Officers                     • AI Ambassadors
Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
3. Center for Integrity

 3.3 Training

 Faculty
 • Excel with Integrity

 Students
 • Induction Course on AI
 • AI Seminar
                            Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
3. Center for Integrity
                                                    3.4 Promotion
Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

                                                                    Image UDEM,2014, stock UDEM, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
3. Center for Integrity
                                                    3.5 Assessment
                                                    • AI Dashboard
Photo UDEM,2016, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
B. Scorecard for AI Development (SAID)
 • A tool to evaluate institutional policies internationally
 • 10 categories for benchmarking criteria
 • Sources of influence:
     ICAI’s AI Assessment Guide,
     Morris 2011 Policy Works,
     Bretag and Mahmud AI Toolkit,
     AIMM (AI Maturity Model) from ICAI
     AIRS (AI Rating System) from ENAI
 • Researchers:
    • Mrs. Irene Glendinning
    • Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant
    • Dr. Jennifer Eury

                                              Photos taken from: https://academicintegrity.org/, https://www.coventry.ac.uk/, http://www.psu.edu/
B. Scorecard for AI Development (SAID)
     Scorecard for Academic Integrity Development (SAID)

     I. Institutional governance and strategic commitment to support
          AI.
     II. Institution-wide policies and procedures for AI.
     III. Fair and proportional sanctions applied across the institution
     IV. Institution-wide engagement in strategies for deterring academic
          misconduct
     V. Institutional values encourage deep learning and scholarship
     VI. Student leadership supports the institutional strategy for AI
     VII. Transparency and effective communications at all levels of the
          institution
     VIII.On-going evaluation and enhancement to the AI strategy
     IX. Engagement with research and development related to AI
     X. Institutional understanding about what is acceptable academic
          practice, in line with international norms
C. Lessons learned

 1. A sense of urgency
 2. President’s leadership
 3. Resources must be deployed
 4. Transforming organizational
    culture
 5. Faculty commitment                                 Photo UDEM,2017, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

 6. Student involvement
 7. International networking
 8. Working locally               “From a saying to a reality with actions”
                                  From UDEM’s President as a public Commitment with
                                  Integrity
If not us, who?
        If not now, when?
From Hillel to George W. Romney to Robert F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama to Saturday Night Live

                                                                                                               Gerardo Villarreal, México, 2017, Concurso de fotografía Centro de Integridad UDEM.
             Yes… You can
¡Thank you!
                                                                                     Cecilia Quintanilla Salazar
                                                                             cecilia.quintanilla@udem.edu.mx
                                                                                     Isabella Navarro Grueter
                                                                              isabella.navarro@udem.edu.mx
                                                                                           Jean Guerrero Dib
                                                                                jean.guerrero@udem.edu.mx
Photo UDEM,2016, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.

                                                       Centro de Integridad UDEM
                                                   centrode.integridad@udem.edu.mx
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     edition, pp. 975–978). Singapore: Springer.
 •   Bretag, T. & Mahmud, S. (2016). A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Exemplary Academic Integrity
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Discussion
 Scorecard for Academic Integrity Development (SAID)

 I.    Institutional governance and strategic commitment to support academic
       integrity.
         Board of Trustees Committee
         International Advisory Board for Students Affairs
         Board of Directors
         Center for Integrity
         Endowment

 II.   Institution-wide policies and procedures for academic integrity.
         Honor Code
         Procedures for AI breaches management
         Policies for AI bodies
         Application to report AI breaches
         Training and dissemination
Discussion
 Scorecard for Academic Integrity Development (SAID)

 III. Fair and proportional sanctions applied across the institution
        Honor Council
        Recorded hearings
        Mitigating and aggravating criteria
        AI Seminar
        Consistent, experienced and transparent management

 IV. Institution-wide engagement in strategies for deterring academic
     misconduct
       Excel with Integrity
       Academic Integrity Officers
       First Year Programs
       Awareness campaigns
       Integrity checkpoints
Discussion
 Scorecard for Academic Integrity Development (SAID)

 V. Institutional values encourage deep learning and scholarship
      Institutional values
      Decalogue of Honor Code

 VI. Student leadership supports the institutional strategy for academic
     integrity
       Honor Council
       Ambassadors of Integrity
       Let’s Do it Correctly University Network
Discussion
 Scorecard for Academic Integrity Development (SAID)

 VII. Transparency and effective communications at all levels of the institution
        Existing records of AI misconduct accusations, hearings and outcomes

 VIII. On-going evaluation and enhancement to the academic integrity
       strategy.
         Dashboard
         McCabe’s instrument
         Policies and procedures
Discussion
 Scorecard for Academic Integrity Development (SAID)

 IX. Engagement with research and development related to academic
     integrity

 X. Institutional understanding about what is acceptable academic practice,
    in line with international norms.
      Sinergy pro-AI
            Conferences
            Magazines
            Online repositories
            Spanish official survey
            MOOC
Some hopeful data
                                                    • + hours dedicated to prevention
                                                    • 13 times more AI breaches reported
                                                    • 16% reported by peers
                                                    • 6th Annual Conference
                                                    • 4th and 5th issues of AI Magazine
Photo UDEM,2016, stock UDEM, Nuevo León, México.
UDEM's approach
A diagnostic study

                                                            Improvement
                                                               trends

                                          -                •
                                                           •
                                                           •
                                                           •
                                                                 Copy (assignments)
                                                                 Plagiarism
                                                                 Collusion
                                                                 Seriousness of the problem
                                                                                                                                        Some
                                                                                                                                       setbacks

                                          +                 Faculty awareness and                                                  +   Copy (exams)

                                                            response
                                                                                                                                   -   Sensitivity about
                                                                                                                                       academic
                                                                                                                                       dishonesty
                                                                                                                                        (make up data, let someone
                                                                                                                                       else copy your own work)

 Donald McCabe’s Academic Integrity Survey (translated into Spanish and applied to UDEM’s students and faculty in 2010 and 2015.
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