Plagiarism: The Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V boom. A German minister has resigned after copying huge chunks of his doctoral thesis, while the London School of Economics is probing whether Colonel Gaddafi's son lifted chunks and used a ghost writer for his own.
So is plagiarism out of control? It's been a bad week for honest educational endeavour. The German defence minister has stepped down after being stripped of his 2006 university doctorate thesis for copying large parts of it. The University of Bayreuth had decided Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg had lifted whole sections without attribution. 5 famous plagiarism and fraud scandals in the book world - Alex Haley.
7 Famous Plagiarism Cases - and How to Avoid Being a Business Plagiarism Victim. When it comes to theft, there is a clear and hard line.
You know when you’ve been robbed. But what about ideas? Or words? Plagiarism can be just as damaging to person as actual theft, and it happens more than you would think. Although cases of business plagiarism don’t normally get as much publicity as authors and artists, it can be just as harmful. Fortunately, it many business situations you can avoid plagiarism by using content security measures. If content control existed for other formats, these cases might never have seen the light of day: 1. In June 2009, the estate of deceased author Adrian Jacobs sued the publishers of Harry Potter. 2. Historian and writer Stephen Ambrose came under plagiarism fire in 2002 when his latest work, The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-234s Over Germany was compared to a 1995 book Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany in World War II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
5 Famous Plagiarists: Where Are They Now? In the past month, two well-known journalists have become the subject of plagiarism and fabrication scandals.
The first was Jonah Lehrer, a science and technology reporter that wrote for The New Yorker and was also the author of three books. He was first accused of self plagiarism but was eventually accused of falsifying quotes and traditional plagiarism as well. He resigned his position at The New Yorker and is under investigation by his publisher though Wired has said they plan to keep him on. The second was Freed Zakaria, a CNN correspondent and editor at Time magazine, he was accused of plagiarizing part of one of his columns from an earlier work in The New Yorker and apologized almost immediately. However, he was suspended by both organizations pending an investigation but was reinstated a week later after the investigation failed to find any new issues.
10 High Profile Plagiarism Scandals That Rocked Higher Ed. Where two or three are gathered in writing’s name, there is the risk of plagiarism in their midst.
Academia, also known as the Domain Of Individuals Who Really Should Know Better, certainly sees more than a few major scandals worm their way into public consciousness every year. Embarrassing to all parties involved, they drive home the depressing commonality of the mindset justifying stealing other peoples’ words and unique ideas and research for personal gain. Check out Onlinecolleges.net post on 10 high profile plagiarism scandals that rocked higher education – a great read! Kaavya Viswanathan:While a freshman at Harvard, Kaavya Viswanathan scored an enviable two-book deal with Little, Brown worth $500,000 as well as film options with Dreamworks.
Then the young adult smash How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life hit the shelves and readers noticed it was familiar. Top 10 Plagiarism Scandals of All Time. Plagiarism isn’t just for procrastinating students or juvenile delinquents.
Even high profile politicians, writers, artists and educators can be found guilty of plagiarism, whether it is on purpose or by accident. Check out these top 10 plagiarism scandals of all time that have affected some of the world’s most illustrious publications and individuals. Stephen Ambrose: Respected historian and writer Stephen Ambrose was the center of a major, highly publicized plagiarism scandal in 2002 after his book The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany was speculated to have been plagiarized from a 1995 book called Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II, by Thomas Childers, a history professor from the University of Pennsylvania. 10 High-Profile People Whose Degrees Were Revoked. 10 high-profile plagiarism cases - Photos - 1 of 10. Top Plagiarism Scandals of 2013. In comparison to 2012, 2013 was a very busy year for plagiarism-related news.
It was a year with a slew of political scandals, developing issues in research plagiarism and even a few beloved celebrities finding themselves caught up in allegations of unethical writing. However, much of the focus changed in 2013. Where 2012 was very journalism-oriented with the “Summer of Sin” and Jonah Lehrer, 2013 was much more diverse and featured plagiarism scandals from a variety of fields including politics, religion and filmmaking. All in all, this made it very difficult to pick just five stories to cover. This list easily could have been a top 20 or more. Watch the video (20:44 min Top 5 Plagiarism Scandals of 2013 | iThenticate from Turnitin on Vimeo. German Bundestag President Norbert Lammert and Taiwanese National Defense Minister Andrew Yang Right in the middle of the year, two high-profile international politicians found themselves in back-to-back plagiarism scandals.
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