The following selection of terms and definitions is based on one originally authored by Caroline Whitbeck at the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OECES) at Case Western Reserve University (onlineethics.org) with the help of advisors to the OECES and discussed at greater length in her book, Ethics in Engineering Practice. Its aim is to introduce a number of concepts and terms that figure prominently in many discussions of science, technology, and ethics. Italicized terms within a glossary definition are defined in the glossary.

Academic Honesty and Academic Integrity:

The maintenance of truthfulness and proper crediting of sources of ideas and expressions. Behaviors such as cheating on examinations and lab reports, or plagiarism of course papers and homework assignments violate academic integrity. Violations of academic integrity by students have the same character as violations of research integrity by scholars and research investigators...