Honor Codes

I think honor codes on campuses sound like a great idea. Having students sign pledges to complete their work honestly and publicizing them by ceremonies or hanging them up around campus, would help to remind students of their pledge and guilt the conscience of those considering cheating. Of course, there will probably still be some students who cheat and do not care but I think the majority of people want to do the right thing. Also, having a judicial process where students serve on committees to review cases of those students who have broken the code would be effective in keeping students in check. Instead of just being confronted by a teacher or just failing a class, being confronted by your peers would be much more embarrassing but it would also be a more fair way to bring them to "justice", by a group of their own peers.