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Ethics implies the application of morals. It deals with the concepts of right and wrong. Accepting morality, without ever evaluating it, is no longer just goodness or righteousness. It may just be blind faith and obedience. Here lies the pivotal role of critical thinking in the realm of ethics. Ethics without the element of critical thinking is indoctrination. [...]

Finally, academic institutions should take full responsibility themselves, readily and willingly, in instituting the moral values of honesty and integrity among students. Ethics in an academic environment will only be reactive, even reactionary, if the academic institution merely waits for the time when these values shall have been ingrained in the [...]