Living the principles of the CES honor code will bless your life
Painting: "Daniel and the Lion's Den," by Clark Kelley Price
In his general conference address “Integrity: A Christlike Attribute,” Elder Jack N. Gerard of the Seventy taught how living with integrity can help you draw closer to the Savior and become the person you want to be.
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While he focused on integrity in everyday life, the principles he taught can also apply to you as a
BYU-Pathway Worldwide
student.While at BYU-Pathway, you are expected to understand and, in your online degree program, live the honor code.
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A central part of this code is
academic honesty
— avoiding things like plagiarism and cheating, which can have a long-term negative impact on your education and professional life.
What is integrity?
Elder Gerard said, “Integrity means we do not lower our standards or behavior to impress or to be accepted by others.” We “do what is right, let the consequence follow.”
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As we are true to God, others, and ourselves in our studies and in our communities, we will become more like the Savior and be more trusted by others.
Being true to God
Others will be drawn to your light as you live with integrity
In the Bible, we read about the prophet Daniel, who was thrown into a den of lions for refusing to deny his beliefs. However, Daniel was delivered “because he believed in God” and stayed true to Jesus Christ.
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As a BYU-Pathway student, you can be a light of truth to those around you. They will be drawn to the light that comes from living with integrity. “Acting with integrity builds faith and trust and reassures others that we seek only to do the will of the Lord.”
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This integrity will bless you in your studies, career, and especially your relationships with others.
Being true to ourselves
Living with integrity will help you recognize your divine potential
You are a child of God with a divine identity. When you are true to that destiny, you will grow in integrity and become more like the person God knows you can be.
Federico Reiecholz from Argentina started seeing a difference in his life, goals, and perspective when he enrolled in BYU-Pathway. "I learned that as I choose God everything gets better and becomes easier,” he said. “BYU-Pathway has changed my life. Now I can see with another perspective my divine potential.”
Living the principles of the honor code — especially “be honest” — will give you a new perspective and help you change, just like Federico did.
Be honest
As you have integrity in your BYU-Pathway coursework, workplace, community, and relationships, you will be trusted by those around you. Most importantly, you will feel God’s trust in you “because of the integrity of your heart.”
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