Tagged “plagiary”

“I want to take full responsibility for having my name on the cover of a book containing plagiarized sections”

Consequently, I want to take full responsibility for having my name on the cover of a book containing plagiarized sections, and where the contributions from the authors were undifferentiated. In such circumstances, when plagiarism is detected, the one who finds it has every right to look at the cover and decide right on the spot who is responsible. The names on the cover are the ones with the authorial responsibility, which is the primary responsibility according to contract, and the editorial imprint is the one with the publisher’s responsibility, also specified by contract. Further investigation might reveal where particular culpability lies, but the responsibility for the project flows (according to God’s design) to the names on the cover.
Douglas Wilson

“computers have made it easier to get into all kinds of sin, including the sin of plagiarism, which is intellectual theft”

With regard to the eighth command, it would be nice to say that this is a Christian college, and that we have consequently never had any problem whatever with stolen work. When you have a lot of work to turn in, and the pressure is high, it is easy to start making excuses to yourself, or to shove the noisy part of your conscience into a closet. And computers have made it easier to get into all kinds of sin, including the sin of plagiarism, which is intellectual theft.
Douglas Wilson

“Students must avoid plagiarism, misrepresentation, misappropriation of the work of others, or any other form of academic dishonesty, whether intentional or the result of reckless disregard for academic integrity. . .”

Students must avoid plagiarism, misrepresentation, misappropriation of the work of others, or any other form of academic dishonesty, whether intentional or the result of reckless disregard for academic integrity (see “Plagiarism” in Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers, sixth edition, p. 74 [5.2]). Such academic dishonesty may be grounds for disciplinary action by the instructor and Greyfriars Hall administration up to and including dismissal from Greyfriars Hall.
Douglas Wilson

Via Rachel Miller’s Combox

Rachel gave me permission to repost this: Speaking as an actual academic,* this review does not merely devastate Douglas Wilson’s claim to scholarly credibility; it annihilates it. The level of plagiarism here is egregious. A single one — any one . . . Continue reading →

Sunday, May 8, 2016 |

“Indisputable ×3”

“Speaking of ‘professors,’ how can these guys get by with this plagiarism? Indisputable ×3. . . . The proper response is not to attack Rachel but to admit the truth.” Scot McKnight

Saturday, May 7, 2016 |

“Looking at the two relevant sections, side by side, we know that there is a citation problem.”

All that said, at an objective minimum, there is a gross citation problem in Driscoll’s book Trial, which needs to be acknowledged, owned and corrected. Looking at the two relevant sections, side by side, we know that there is a citation problem. What we don’t know is why or how it got there, about which more in a little bit. But regardless, however it got there, it needs to get out of there. The problem should be owned and corrected, in public, by the author and the publisher. The same goes for anything comparable.
Douglas Wilson

Wilson Responds

Pastor Doug Wilson of Christ Church, Moscow, has written a short response to Rachel Miller’s discovery of wholesale plagiarism in the Omnibus textbook series, which he co-edited. I will not link to the land of Gog but you can find it on Google just as easily as the Omnibus contributors found the content for their essays.

Rachel Miller has answered Mr. Wilson in a post entitled Wilson Responds. Please take a moment to read it.

Friday, May 6, 2016 |