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Plagiarism In The Professional World

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For this week’s discussion board topic of plagiarism in the professional world, I came across a story about the fourth President of Hungary, Pal Schmitt. In 2012, during his second year as president, he was accused of plagiarizing a doctoral thesis he had written 17 years earlier. University officials stripped him of his degree stating “it did not meet the professional and ethical criteria requirement for obtaining a university doctorate” (Facsar, 2012). After receiving negative backlash from the public and members of parliament Schmitt decided to resign from office. Plagiarism destroyed this man’s political career and reputation, but history has shown me that everyone is not subject to the same scrutiny even when charged with greater offenses.

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