Real World Plagiarism Examples
Posted by drpezz on November 1, 2009
Here is a website with some real world instances of plagiarism and the consequences which followed. Maybe these could help when teaching kids about plagiarism.
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Eric said
It would be nice to use that, but really it doesn’t look like *too* much harm came to the plagiarists with the exception of Michael Bolton. While resignation and such can be harmful to a career, it doesn’t necessarily end a career. I don’t think I would use this to show students the harm that can come to a student for plagiarism. After all, look at VP Biden…
drpezz said
Most of the people there did receive some light consequences; however, indirectly many lost prestige and that affected their overall popularity (and sales).
I tend to just talk about it being academic dishonesty and a good way to lose integrity. Sometimes I mention how it’s against the law as well.