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Ethical Infractions by Students During the End of the Semester Push

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Ethical Infractions  So as educators in university settings, we have been bogged down with all sorts of end of semester grading. This grading may include, but is not limited to, grading of discussion boards, papers, and projects; and administering final examinations. While it is great to witness growth in our students over the course of the semester, it is sometimes fraught with breaches in integrity. Students, especially students that are worried about passing on to the next semester, will commit infractions just to be able to survive in their nursing program. This is not a problem unique to one school or one group of students. Rather, it has prevalence across schools, programs, and students.  The Siciliano-McLaughlin Model of Ethics This leads me back to my model of ethics, The Siciliano-McLaughlin Model of Ethics . Every time I teach about ethics and the use of my model, I challenge the students to look at the model and choose an area of concentration. In the case of ethica...