As a CNU business student I don’t see the difference or benefit between the Luter Business School’s honor statement and the rest of the school’s honor code. With that being said I think CNU does do a good job as a whole of enforcing their honor code. The strict honor code policies convince students to abide by the rules; however, I don’t think students’ motivation for upholding the honor code extends beyond that. As with most institutions, the majority of the population’s actions are determined by the extent of the consequences associated with those actions. Since the honor code entails a broad range of violations, and CNU enforces honor code violations very strongly, CNU controls its student body more effectively than many other schools of equal size.
As a student, i believe CNU does implement the honor code nicely. They seem to be consistent with their judgments even though it can be argued that they are easier on the girls. I do believe that some of the violations have to be looked at. How can it be an Honor Code Violation for plagiarism you did not know about.
CNU Business Student
I agree that students seem to respond more to the consequences and punishments of breaking the honor code, as opposed to acting with honor to be noble. When they hear of the trouble they can get in to for doing something wrong, it affects their actions. Instead of teaching us how to act, it just teaches us how not to act to stay out of trouble. If this wasn’t true the university could have a lot more trust in its members and more lenient in its policies.
As a student at Christopher Newport University student does a good job of implementing the honor code. I have also noticed that the cnu honor code is taken very seriously around campus. As freshman every student at CNU signs the honor code before they start their classes. There is a whole ceremony dedicated to this. In all the classrooms it is posted on the walls to remind students each and every day to act honorably. I think another way you could use the honor system is through tests. You should have the honor code on a piece of paper on the front of the test, and make students sign this before they take each and every test.
CNU Business Student
I agree with the previous post, that the CNU Honor code is pretty well implemented. I think as young adults most of us are still formulating our value system. Lying, cheating, and stealing are things most of us all strive not to do, but the CNU Honor code reminds us to live those values.
Also, CNU holds its students accountable to the honor code. Lying is a huge offense and must be taken seriously. This accountability is what holds the honor code together.
The only suggestion I have is a little more micromanaging. As a business student at CNU the honor code becomes something I live and work by every day because it is so prominent. Since the Luter College is a bit smaller than perhaps the Liberal Arts College maybe it would be beneficial to have a small Honor Council Board within each major. Having that honor/intergrity/ethical standpoint within majors results in more ethical leaders and workers after college, as we learn what we will use in the future based on ethics.
The honor code has an important influence on CNU students. They may not necessarily follow its rules for the values at the core of the honor code, but the end result is essentially the same. If there were no rules in life, how many people would would actually act in an ethical manor on their own? The honor code accomplishes what it is suppose to and provides incentives to follow the rules and consequences for those that do not.
It is especially important for business majors to grasp the concepts of the honor code and take it with them after college and into the business world. The consequences of inappropriate behavior are no long suitable deterrents for many individuals in the business world. It seems every year there is some ridiculous scam at a large, publicly traded company. It is important for CNU to stress that the honor code is not just a set of rules at CNU; but that it is so much more than that and should stay with students long after they leave CNU.
I feel that CNU students hold more value to the honor code than most other college students. Because the honor code is around us every day from the first day as freshman to the day we graduate, we are reminded of our obligation to the CNU community on a regualr basis. The size of our school makes it easier for the honor code to be enforced because it is not often unethical acts will go unnoticed. When I speak about the honor code to friends at other colleges, they are impressed at how strongly our code is enforced. I personally feel more safe in my environment because of the implementation of this honor system, and I know that the eithical behavior learned from my years at CNU will be with me for the rest of my life.
I feel that students at CNU do have a higher standard of ethics than most colleges due partially to the honor code and due partially to its small size (lets face it, it’s easier to cheat when you have hundreds of people in your classroom with you). Students follow the honor code partially due to its possible harsh repercussions, but also because CNU teaches its students that being ethical will get you farther in life that lying and cheating your way to the top. Even when students do go against the CNU honor code, I feel that they do so in a more ethical way and a more knowledge building way. An example I have would be comparing my experiences in highschool as opposed to CNU involving test taking. When students would have to take a test that has been given in multiple classes, they would ask students in previous classes “What questions were on the test?” and the student would respond by telling him specific questions. At CNU, students would ask “What’s on the test?” typically the response would be “Well, study this section and this section more.” They say “study these sections more” which causes more learning, which is important. I know that the CNU honor code has made me and many other students more willing to follow the rules here and in life.
As a student at Christopher Newport University I do agree with the previous posts that this school has done a great job of implementing the honor code. Teachers do remind their students when writing a paper to make sure to reference everything or when taking a test to make sure not to look over at someone else’s papers even if it is in tight quarters. However, i do feel that some teachers take the honor code more seriously than other teachers.
Some teachers that I have had actually do put the pledge on the top cover of assignments and require all students to sign it. They instill the idea of the honor code in our brains by setting aside a day to make sure to cover citations in a class that requires a writing assignment. Almost every teacher I have had who may not set aside that one day will definitely allow students to come to their office hours if they are having difficulties citing something.
As far as the honor code impacting us outside of our college careers here at Christopher Newport University goes, that varies from student to student. I came from a high school that required the honor pledge be signed on every assignment. Coming here to CNU and seeing the same thing, I had no worries. I knew what was expected and what not to do according the honor code. Some high schools don’t have that background. I believe, in my case, that having the honor code in high school and now in college will definitely instill that honesty in me no matter if it is actually seen or not. It will be somewhere within my brain to always be honest. It is just like parents teaching us morals. Most of those values and morals that we learn from our parents we take and teach them to our children. Most of the time we are unaware of that, but it does happen. The same applies to our honor code. We do not know it impacts us, but it does.
Then there are some students far inbetween who didn’t have that in high school that will abide by it in college and then forget everything about it.
I believe for the majority of students here at CNU the first case is most prevalent. The honor code here will be carried with us wherever we go whether we realize it or not. So kudos to Christopher Newport University!