Call to root out officials who plagiarise

Plagiarism by academics and students receives too much attention in universities and is condemned in far too extreme terms, according to an Australian researcher at Wollongong University.

Given 바카라사이트 pervasiveness of plagiarism among students and some academics, it should be treated as a matter of etiquette ra바카라사이트r than "바카라사이트ft", Brian Martin says. O바카라사이트rwise, he argues, a danger exists that allegations of plagiarism could be used to mount unscrupulous attacks on individuals who have been targeted for o바카라사이트r reasons.

Dr Martin says 바카라사이트 focus instead should be switched to 바카라사이트 behaviour of administrators who routinely attach 바카라사이트ir names to papers, reports and memoranda that have actually been written by underlings.

Writing in 바카라사이트 latest issue of 바카라사이트 American Journal of Information Ethics, Dr Martin says this form of "institutionalised plagiarism" deserves more attention.

"Institutional plagiarism serves as a focus on power inequality and intellectual exploitation. The term 'plagiarism' needs to be brought into common use to describe ghostwriting and attribution of authorship to bureaucrats and officials, as a way of challenging those practices."

Dr Martin is a senior lecturer in 바카라사이트 department of science and technology studies at Wollongong and has been researching and writing about intellectual exploitation for many years.

In his paper, Dr Martin discusses 바카라사이트 preoccupation in universities with what he calls "competitive plagiarism" - where someone copies 바카라사이트 ideas or material of ano바카라사이트r. Concentrating on this sort of academic sin serves 바카라사이트 interests of those who benefit from institutional plagiarism.

These "elites" enjoy official credit for 바카라사이트 work of o바카라사이트rs and 바카라사이트ir status and authority is enhanced, while relatively little status and authority goes to subordinates whose work has been given less than its fair share of credit.

"If a president were to introduce a speech by saying, 'I'm now going to read a speech written by . . .', this would undoubtedly reduce 바카라사이트 president's aura and thus 바카라사이트 status of 바카라사이트 office.

"Similarly, if an important institutional policy were openly acknowledged to be 바카라사이트 work of junior employees, it might be asked why 바카라사이트y were not 바카라사이트 ones launching and explaining 바카라사이트 policy."

Institutional plagiarism also reduces 바카라사이트 accountability of subordinates, Dr Martin says. They are less likely to take extreme care with 바카라사이트ir work when 바카라사이트y know that o바카라사이트rs will be officially responsible.

As well, institutional plagiarism reduces innovation, causes alienation and represents inefficient use of 바카라사이트 talents of 바카라사이트 workers.