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PLAGIARISM & ACADEMIA
Mathias Klang
klang@ituniv.se
GOOD ARTISTS COPY, GREAT ARTISTS STEAL
Problem 1
Problem 2
• Priscilla was my age and lived two blocks away. For the first fifteen years of my life, those were the only qualifications I needed in a best friend.
• Bridget is my age and lives across the street. For the first twelve years in my life, these qualifications were all I needed in a best friend.
Viswanathan: How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life (2006)
McCafferty: Sloppy Firsts (2001)
Problem 3
• Dan Browne “Da Vinci Code” sued for copyright violation by Baigent & Leigh authors of “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail” (1982)
• Claimed that Browne stole the idea that Jesus married Maria Magdalena and had children.
Problem 4
The purpose of university
• To challenge ideas and minds by thinking freely within research and education
• BUT…within an international traditional regulatory system
• University and academy lacks a sense of humor when dealing with academic honesty
WHY DO WE NEEDWRITTEN WORK INDIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS
BORROWING, COPYING AND PLAGIARISM
What’s wrong with Copy Paste
UNIVERSITY PLAGIARISM
What is a copy?
FormIdeas
Plagiar
ismCopyright
Copyright protects form but not the idea
“Copying non-generic details of a plot may be copyright
infringement” (Posner 1987)
Disciplinary Measures
• Disciplinary measures may be taken if (Chapter 10 Higher Education Ordinance, SFS 1993:100):– Use of non-permitted material or tools– Attempts to deceive examiners– Disrupts or prevents teaching, examination
or other activities at university– Harassment of students or staff.
Attempt to deceive
• By using non-permitted aids or in other ways attempt to deceive in connection with examinations or other occasions when student work is assessed.
Let me repeat
• any attempt by a student to use the ideas or words of others in an attempt to deceive the examiner into believing they are students own.
ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE
BUT I WON’T GET CAUGHT
WHAT CAN HAPPEN?
What happens
• The department is required to notify the Vice Chancellor
• The Vice Chancellor may decide to:– Not proceed further– Hand out a formal warning– Defer to the university disciplinary
committee
The Disciplinary Committee
• May decide to– Not proceed further– Hand out a formal warning– Suspend the student for a period of up to six
months
• Suspension entails that the student may not participate in teaching, examination or other university activity
UNCERTAIN?
Ask!
Ignorance is not a defence
Thanks!
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