Business Ethics and Academic Integrity

Business Ethics and Academic Integrity Holly Heller-Ross, MLS Feinberg Library Plattsburgh State University of New York Ethics: Aristotle Interpreted by Ian Johnston • First, Aristotle stresses that a study of ethics, that is, a study of the character of human beings (which is what the words Ta Ethika mean) rests, as do all enquiries into how human beings are to behave, on a particular understanding of what a human being is. • http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/aristot.htm Integrity: Stephen Carter Yale Law School • To possess true integrity requires three steps, Carter said. "First, you must know what it is that you believe. Second, you must be willing to act on the basis of what you believe. And third, perhaps hardest of all, you must be willing to say openly that you are acting on the basis of what you believe.“ • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/94/940614 Arc4207.html Enron Whistleblowers • Academic Integrity: Don McCabe Rutgers University • On most campuses, 70% of students admit to some cheating. • Academic honor codes effectively reduce cheating. • Internet plagiarism is a growing concern on all campuses • A majority of students (77%) believe [cut and paste from the internet] such cheating is not a very serious issue. • http://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp • http://www.famousplagiarists.com/index.html Cultural References or Plagiarism? • December 3, 1989 edition of the Sunday Telegraph by Frank Johnson, titled "Martin Luther King--Was He a Plagiarist?". Boston University decided not to revoke his doctorate, which provoked another controversy, saying that although King acted improperly, his dissertation still "makes an intelligent contribution to scholarship". (Radin, 1991) • Keith Miller, in Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Its Sources, argues that such "borrowing", which he terms "voice merging", follows in a long tradition of folk preaching, particularly in the African American church, and should not necessarily be termed plagiarism. Plagiarism: Eventually Catching Up! • Donald Cuccioletta, a historian who taught at two universities, even managed to get caught by one institution but kept the news from the other. • A misconduct committee investigated the charges and "basically, his contract was not extended after the fall2004 semester," says Keith Tyo, executive assistant to Plattsburgh's president. Mr. Cuccioletta was removed as interim director, although he was allowed to continue to teach his courses for the fall. He is now not employed by the university in any capacity, Mr. Tyo says. • http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i17/17a00802.htm • http://www.famousplagiarists.com/history.htm Copyright: Kenneth Crews Indiana University School of Law • Scope: Copyright can apply to any “original work of authorship” that is “fixed in any tangible medium of expression.” Protection automatically extends to any qualifying work, whether published or not, and whether created in the U.S. or in almost any country of the world.. • Rights of Owners: (1) reproduction of the work; (2) distribution of copies of the work; (3) making of “derivative” works; (4) public performance; and (5) public display. • Infringement: Occurs when someone other than the copyright owner exercises any of these rights. • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/94/940614Arc4207.html • http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/director.htm Fair Use: Laura “Lolly” Gassaway UNC: Chapel Hill • Fair use is described as use “of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies. . for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or research. . .” Gasaway noted, however, that this description is illustrative, not definitive. • Factors used to make that determination include: “purpose and character of the use, nature of the copyrighted work, amount and substantiality used, and market effect. • https://www.minitex.umn.edu/publications/messenger/supp0604.pdf Plagiarism: Plagiarism, believe it or not, comes from a Latin verb that means, “to kidnap.” If you plagiarize you’re kidnapping and stealing others’ hard work and intellectual property. • Stephen Ambrose http://www.slate.com/?id=2072336 • Doris Kerns Goodwin http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/27/0227goodwin.html • Jayson Blair http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html?ex=1367985600&en=d6f511319c2594 63&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Plagiarism Detection Hero: Christine Pelton • High school teacher Christine Pelton Back to Business at Plattsburgh: The Two Steves. • • •Steve Matthews Coordinator of Judicial Affairs & Student Orientation Phone: (518) 564-3282 E-mail: orientation@plattsburgh.edu • Dr. J. Stephen Mansfield − Associate Professor in the Psychology department at Plattsburgh State University in NewYork.email:steve.mansfield@plattsburgh.edu • Y Detection: Turnitin • Gary Kroll, Assistant Professor History Phone: (518) 564-2738 E-mail: gary.kroll@plattsburgh.edu • Michelle Toth, Associate Librarian Phone: (518) 564-5225 E-Mail: tothmm@plattsburgh.edu . • Coordinating a pilot of this plagiarism detection software, which matches electronically submitted writing against a database of papers, the internet, and some research article databases. Plattsburgh College Policy • Academic honesty is essential to the intellectual health of the university and the ideals of education. SUNY Plattsburgh expects students to be honest and to conduct themselves with integrity • Dishonest conduct includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, forgery, and alteration of records, along with any lying, deceit, bribery, coercion, or intimidation for the purpose of influencing a grade or for any other academic gain. • http://www.plattsburgh.edu/offices/academic/provost/academichone sty.php New Honor Code: Fall 2007 • "All members of the SUNY Plattsburgh Community affirm our belief in honesty, truth, and respect for others. Therefore, we affirm our support of Academic Honesty in our personal conduct and in our responsibility toward this institution." For class syllabi, faculty will include, "It is expected that all students enrolled in this class support the letter and the spirit of the letter and spirit in the Academic Honor Policy. • For specific assignments, which instructors may use at their discretion, the code will read one of the following, 'On my honor, I affirm that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment/examination,' or 'On my honor, I affirm that the work I am submitting is my own.'