Judging by the plethora of new plagiarism-detecting tools available on the Internet, Plagiarism is apparently a growth industry in higher education. Recent reports also suggest that plagiarism and other forms of professional misconduct are serious problems in the worlds of science and publishing.
Are you aware of WMU's policies on academic dishonesty? Do you know how an instructor or Teaching Assistant should act when faced with an act of plagiarism or academic misconduct in a class at WMU? Check out WMU's policies at the web site of the Office of Student Conduct and be prepared to discuss them in class next week.
Do you know of any high profile plagiarism or other forms of research misconduct in the world of science, anthropology, or history? Do the names of David Baltimore, Steven Ambrose, Doris Kearns Goodwin, or Hwang Woo-Suk ring a bell? Check out the famous Korean cloning scandal at Slate.
Finally, what would you think are the chances that one could get away with publishing/plagiarising an entire article from the scientific literature? Read this brief news piece (Plagiarism) to find out how common this practice is in the recent scientific literature.
