The Importance of Academic Honesty

After reading about the incident where a dean of medicine addressed his class with a speech that belonged to another professor from Stanford University, I was taken a back.   Academic honesty is a reflection your morals and who you are as a person.  My dad always says that most business deals are done on the golf course because an honest golfer is an honest business man.  I understand this fully now because in my own sport of tennis, we the players have to call our own lines.  My coach taught me that if you did not see the ball out then you have to call it in.  That is the way I play.  However, I have played against players that make bad calls and soon the word is out and they are labelled as dishonest.  The way you conduct yourself in school when it comes to academic honesty will carry over to the way you conduct yourself in real circumstances.