tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post6186482735602652745..comments2023-11-05T00:59:10.828-07:00Comments on decorabilia: I'm not a lawyer, I just play one on my blogJim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-75772243169856717382006-12-15T10:59:00.000-08:002006-12-15T10:59:00.000-08:00Making excuses for unethical behavior? Joe, Joe, ...Making excuses for unethical behavior? Joe, Joe, Joe. First you have to demonstrate <i>why</i> it's unethical. You can't just <i>claim</i> it to be so.<br /><br />If the established procedure allows for duplicating "findings of fact," which it apparently does, then <i>why</i> is it unethical to duplicate "findings of fact?" <br /><br />I explain to my students exactly what's expected of them, and why: I want their own thoughts because I am responsible for assessing what they have learned, not what they agree with. It's not a "higher" or "lower" ethical standard. It's simply different.<br /><br />I'm not soft on plagiarists--it appears to me that that part of the text of Jones's graduation speech <i>was</i> indeed plagiarized, and that's simply weasely. <br /><br />Playing Perry Mason in pajamas is fun, but at some point you have to realize when you've made a mistake.Jim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-60998501470331007122006-12-14T18:57:00.000-08:002006-12-14T18:57:00.000-08:00So what would you do if one of your students had d...So what would you do if one of your students had done what Jones did? <br /><br />Surely you don't hold Federal judges to a lower ethical standard than a high school student. <br /><br />(Man, it's depressing seeing so many people make excuses for unethical behavior...)Joe Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04438102708040286394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-75827714801277880002006-12-14T16:39:00.000-08:002006-12-14T16:39:00.000-08:00There's a great comment in that thread:
"What do ...There's a great comment in that thread:<br /><br /><i>"What do you call someone who implies original authorship of material which he has not actually created and incorporates material from someone else's work into his own work without attributing it?"<br /><br />Gospel writers</i>RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.com