university plagiarism

UNIVERSITY PLAGIARISMMathias Klang

GOOD ARTISTS COPY, GREAT ARTISTS STEAL

Regulatory Metaphor

Law

Social RulesContextual & programed

Architecture

COPYRIGHT PROTECTS FORM BUT NOT THE IDEA

FormIdeas

Plagiarism

Copyright

UPPHOVSRÄTTEN

Ekonomisk rätt Ideell rätt

Exemplarframställning Tillgängliggörande

Spridningsrätt

Visningsrätt

Framföranderätt

Rätt tillnamnangivelse

Skydd för kränkandeändring

Skydd för kränkandeanvändning

Överföring till allmänheten

Problem 1

Problem 2

• Priscilla was my age and lived two blocks away. For the first fifteen years of my life, those were the only qualifications I needed in a best friend.

• Bridget is my age and lives across the street. For the first twelve years in my life, these qualifications were all I needed in a best friend.

Viswanathan: How Opal Mehta

Got Kissed, Got Wild and

Got a Life (2006)

McCafferty: Sloppy Firsts (2001)

Problem 3

• Dan Browne “Da Vinci Code” sued for copyright violation by Baigent & Leigh authors of “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail” (1982)

• Claimed that Browne stole the idea that Jesus married Maria Magdalena and had children.

Problem 4

PURPOSE OF UNIVERSITY

To challenge ideas and mindsThink different, think free

BUT: Lacks a sense of humor

Det allmänna regelverketoch

Doktorandreglerna

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Doktorandreglerna

Högskoleförordning

Högskoleverkets Rapporter/beslut

Högskolans överklagande

nämnd

Justitieombudsmannen

Justitiekanslern

Förvaltningslag

Göteborgs universitetKristina UllgrenDecember 2008

Doktorandreglernaoch dess innehåll

Göteborgs universitetKristina UllgrenDecember 2008

Värdegrund

Verksamheten vid universitetet skall präglas av ömsesidig respekt och hänsyn mellan dem som verkar där, studenter, doktorander, lärare och andra.

Ingen skall särbehandlas på grund av etnisk tillhörighet, religion eller annan trosuppfattning, sexuell läggning, funktionshinder eller könstillhörighet.

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Illegal file sharing

UNIVERSITY PLAGIARISM

DISCOVERY

BRING ON THE MACHINES

Disciplinary Measures

• Disciplinary measures may be taken if (Chapter 10 Higher Education Ordinance, SFS 1993:100):– Use of non-permitted material or tools

– Attempts to deceive examiners

– Disrupts or prevents teaching, examination or other activities at university

– Harassment of students or staff.

Attempt to deceive

• By using non-permitted aids or in other ways attempt to deceive in connection with examinations or other occasions when student work is assessed.

CHEATINGTo use non-permitted methods to attempt to gain an advantage.

NON-PERMITTED COOPERATION

When students collaborate in work that is intended to be conducted individually

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is included in the concept of attempting to deceive the examiner.

• Plagiarism may be described as: any attempt by a student to use the ideas or words of others in an attempt to deceive the examiner into believing they are students own.

WHAT CAN HAPPEN?

What happens

• The department is required to notify the Vice Chancellor

• The Vice Chancellor may decide to:– Not proceed further– Hand out a formal warning– Defer to the university disciplinary committee

The Disciplinary Committee

• May decide to– Not proceed further

– Hand out a formal warning

– Suspend the student for a period of up to six months

• Suspension entails that the student may not participate in teaching, examination or other university activity

Thanks!