Generative AI (GAI) is fundamentally altering the academic authorship and research ethics landscape by sourcing multiple long-held beliefs of originality, intellectual labor, and academic accountability. The rise of tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in the writing, analysis, and creation of knowledge creates an urgent need for Higher Education to redefine the meaning of ethical authorship. This paper seeks to examine how Generative AI has changed many of the long-standing academic tradit