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Books & Reading Recommended Honor Councils & Academic Integrity Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity: A Toolkit for Schools by David B. Wangaard, Ed.D., and Jason M. Stephens, Ph.D., Search Institute Press (2011) Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity is a combination of “how-to,” activities, and resource book to help schools move through the process of creating a school culture where academic integrity is both the expectation and the norm. Available at www.csee.org/store A Handbook for Developing and Sustaining Honor Systems, 2nd Ed. by John Roberts, Ph.D., CSEE (2014) This newly-revised and updated guide to honor systems is a state-ofthe-art resource for schools whose goals aim beyond “no cheating” toward the internally motivated value of true academic integrity. The Handbook includes samples of honor codes and an extended appendix with sample documents and ideas from independent schools across North America. Available at www.csee.org/store The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics by Kenan Malik, Melville House (2014) The most inclusive, comprehensive survey available of humankind’s search for ethical guidelines, covering 3,000 years of history and every part of the globe. Consistently, Malik situates moral dicta in their immediate historical and cultural contexts: “… notions of right and wrong are historically flexible. [But shifting notions of right and wrong] are related to broader social, economic, political and intellectual shifts.” Notable articles: • • “Why We Cheat,” by Ferric C. Fang and Arturo Casadevall, Scientific American, May 2013 “Cheat or Be Cheated? What We Know About Academic Integrity in Middle & High Schools & What We Can Do About It,” Challenge Success, 2012 CSEE Connections Winter 2014 Page 21