Okay, so, maybe correct me if I’m wrong or scold me if I didn’t read far enough but that first example of plagiarism, why didn’t the author just cite the work? They were describing a basic behaviour tree (a decision tree, I think) and had a source, then didn’t cite it. Why wouldn’t they cite it?
Because it looks bad if your text is peppered with quotes joined by little strips of connecting material. It gives (rightly) the impression that you don’t know how to digest information and put things in your own words.
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Perhaps because his text was almost ad verbatim the same as the source he didn’t cite. There are many more egregious segments than that which you can easily find in his vroniplag page.
I have no scientific basis for this, but I instinctively distrust anyone who calls themselves an “ethicist”.
Other notable people include the “effective altruism” advocate Sam Bankman Fried who gambled away other people’s money on FTX.
If you research ethics, then you’re an ethicist. A little narrow minded to immediately distrust an entire field of research
Especially a tethicists.
It makes sense - he spent so much time learning how the system worked, enough to get around it, so now he makes a living continuing the exploit. Many politicians and CEOs do the same.
Yes, but it’s still wrong, if true. Plagiarism isn’t just unethical, it’s punitive in most places. I don’t see anything bad about calling it out.
plagiarism is an academic crime.
failing to cite a source is completely amoral.
