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Norfolk’s top doc accused of plagiarism
By Monte Sonnerberg. Norfolk and Haldimand’s acting medical officer of health has come under fire for a report he recently prepared on the subject of fluoridated water.
Dr. Malcolm Lock, who also serves as medical officer of health in Brant County, relied heavily on a nine-page report prepared two years ago by Toronto Public Health. [...]
Shepard Fairey Speaks Out: Plagiarism or (Unattributed) “Reference”?
By Kerry Skemp. Our old friend, street artist slash vandalist slash conspiracy victim Shepard Fairey speaks out on his own site and in the Huffington Post about his alleged copyright infringement in using an AP photo to produce his now-infamous posters of Barack Obama.
The Origins of Darwin – the plagiarist?
If it was contemporary, the issue of plagiarism would arise because the words are virtually the same, or exactly the same.
His theory may have evolved in Tibet Charles Darwin has been accused of many things – but never before of being a closet Tibetan Buddhist. A leading scholar of human emotions and facial expressions has [...]
Plagiarism Software to Go
It’s always good to see new plagiarism scanners appearing on the market. For a long time, Turnitin has closed its doors to allowing students to scan their own work, leaving them to worry about whether they have accidentally plagiarised in their work (and the grim consequences that would follow if they have).
Now Turnitin has [...]
Daggers are drawn between Costello and Turnbull
“Bishop had been tripped up on a few minor matters last year including accusations of plagiarism, and some in the media had tagged her gaffe-prone.”
Malcolm Turnbull phoned Peter Costello last Sunday morning, missed him and left a message. Costello phoned him back later in the morning. The two men don’t agree on much of what [...]
Treasury: it’s a bloke thing
“…she made a few stumbles but the one that was most often thrown at her – plagiarism of a Wall Street Journal article – was a cut-and-paste mistake by a staffer.”
Julie Bishop’s resignation explains why so few women go far in politics.
THERE was a certain inevitability about Julie Bishop’s demise as shadow treasurer. Not because [...]
Student plagiarism at ‘alarming levels’
A group of overseas and local academics discussed measures to counter the rampant practice of plagiarism among university students at a workshop this week.
Organised by Shue Yan University, the workshop, Combating Plagiarism in a Globalised Higher Education Environment: An International Perspective, explored why students plagiarise and measures to combat the problem.
Don McCabe, a business professor [...]
Editorial: Just say no to study drugs
Last week The Chronicle reported on a 2007 study conducted among students at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that revealed an alarming rate of unprescribed ADHD medication use among undergraduates.
Nine percent of respondents admitted to having used ADHD medications without a prescription since they started college. Five percent reported use within [...]
A cheat, moi? That’s unfair
International students may be called plagiarists because of flawed thinking and naive use of software, says Niall Hayes.
If the new forms of detection software are to be believed, a sizeable proportion of students are plagiarists – and the worst culprits are international students.
But when does poor referencing and an inability to better phrase an original [...]
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