Whitaker's Plagiarism: A Case Study

Two popular historians Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin, Goodwin show signs of plagiarism contained in the ''The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys'' to Ambrose book ''Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times”. This was discovered while reviewing Goodwin’s book, although the review was kind, a copyright lawyer was then hired which ended in satisfactory. There was many attempts to make plagiarism seem right with artistic and historical thing beforehand which can be excused as a popular writer can use any material that they seem to like. But when the plagiarized material was taken away the text was anything besides the main idea. Plagiarism is always bad whether the article plagiarized was published

One reason why plagiarism is an issue of integrity and honesty is because doing so can cost someone something they’ve worked hard for. CNN journalist, Marie-Louise Gumuchian, lost her job because she “had published about 50 stories containing plagiarized work” (Wemple). Plagiarism is taken very seriously, especially in the journalism field. Therefore, the lack of Gumuchian’s honesty and integrity caused her to pay the consequence of losing her job that she worked hard to get. Similarly, in “Plagiarism Cost Degree for Senator John Walsh” by Jonathan Martin, Senator Walsh was caught plagiarizing his final graduation essay.

Plagiarism is a temptation every college student faces. It's also a serious issue that doesn't always get taken care of. I think the way it has been dealt with is strange. Strange in the sense that there isn't just one procedure when it comes to the punishment of those who plagiarize. In Raymond A. Schroth's article, he focused more so on the professor's side of the issue. He also presented ways to prevent the issue in effective ways and gave information on not so effective way. I really enjoyed his approach to the article. Trip Gabriel's article brought to light just how common the issue of plagiarism is. It made me truly question the way students are taught how not to plagiarize and if it needs to be revisited or updated so it's more geared

Plagiarism is a serious issue that may diminish the value of a scholarly work and interferes with the professional growth of an individual. For example, in 2003, Jayson Blair resigned from his position as a reporter for the New York Time because of “alleged plagiarism” (Dolak, 2003). Another case of plagiarism would be Matthew C. Whitaker, an associate professor at Arizona State University who in 2011 and 2015 was accused of plagiarism (Ryman, 2017). In both scenarios, Jayson Blair and Matthew C. Whitaker failed to properly paraphrase and cite sources (Dolak, 2003; Ryman 2017).

Malcolm Gladwell stated “plagiarism has gone from being bad literary manners to something much closer to a crime” (Gladwell, 2004). This quote explained how plagiarism was before just a simple act and now people are getting punished for plagiarism. Nobody is exempted from plagiarism. Plagiarism is an act most people do without even noticing it.

Accidental plagiarism is done more often than you would think, because sometimes people would read articles and gain many different ideas as to what to write down for themselves. With all this information, they wouldn’t cite their sources properly or try to take what they read and put it into their own

In the written article, “Why Politicians Plagiarize So Often” by Evan Osnos it is very clear that plagiarism among individuals in the political world isn’t as uncommon as some may think. Throughout the article many well-known politicians were put in the hot seat and accused of plagiarism. One of these well-known individuals being Senator John Walsh. In the article it states that he was accused of plagiarism because, “…one of his graduate-school papers contained unattributed passages by other writers…” (Osnos, ¶.1). Although this remained a prevalent issue, he wasn’t the only one that was suspected or caught for plagiarism. Other individuals including Joe Biden, Rand Paul, Joseph McCarthy, and even Vladimir Putin. The issue of plagiarism has been a lingering subject for years, going as far back as the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

The Iconoclastic Controversy was a dispute over religious images and artifacts in the 8th and 9th centuries. The Iconoclasts challenged icon worshiping which included the possibility of worshipping and in the Old Testament’s prohibition against religious images in the Ten Commandments. The iconoclasts claimed that images of religious figures such as Jesus, Saints, and the Virgin Mary were a parody of true worship and were associated to idol worship ("Iconoclastic Controversy | Byzantine History."). After all of this, they set out to destroy all images, which lead to the church banning religious images within the practice of worship, ritual, or sacrament for the next century. The icon worshippers insisted on the natural symbolism it created for the images as well as the poise created for the object.

Professor Matthew C. Whitaker was first accused of plagiarism in 2011 by his colleagues. “They said that he lifted passages from other books, Wikipedia and a Washington post article and used them in material he published and in a 2010 speech about Arizona’s immigration law.” (Jaschik, 2015). A committee at ASU ruled against the faculty members saying that there was not blented plagiarism, only that he was careless in some cases. This

Plagiarism extends beyond just the academic realm. There have been many instances, in professional fields, of integrity violations in written works. One example of this is Jayson Blair, formerly of the New York Times. After his news agency found that he had plagiarized an article. The article, which was written about a Soldier who was killed in combat, and his family, was found to be plagiarized from the San Antonio Express. (Belt, 2004). This was not the only story that Blair copied, embellished, or synthesized. There were, in fact, dozens of questionable articles written by Blair during his tenure with the news agency. Because his supervisors were not communicating effectively, and no major complaints were registered, Blair was able

Due to the fact that ASU punishes their students for plagiarism, I feel as though Whitaker should face harsher punishment if multiple faculty members find his work to be plagiarized. These young men and women have a future that is being molded by these instructors. When students see leaders like Whitaker plagiarize and be allowed to continue working as an instructor in their university they may feel that it’s alright to follow in his footsteps in their own research papers. After researching other instructors, like Vanessa Ryan from Brown University, that have been found guilty by their universities for plagiarism, I have found that Whitaker’s punishment seemed to be in line with I have read. However, I would like to state that I do

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The author of this article seems to be upset that the professor was only given a month of suspension for plagiarizing the paper. I do agree, with the author to be upset about the professor being suspended for a month. The reason I agree with the author because this man did not plagiarize the paper once, but he plagiarized the paper twice. If the professor was able to plagiarize from the same place twice, he could have plagiarized multiple times, and this was just the one time he was caught for plagiarizing. Also, the professor had went five years without admitting that he had plagiarized the paper. The school should feel guilty that one of their professors who they trust to teach future educators had plagiarized a paper that was published on

From a societal perspective, plagiarism is seen as an anticipated but unfortunate matter of fact, somewhat like a social faux pas (Martin, 1994). If someone in a high level position were to be revealed for plagiarism, certainly there would be embarrassment and some stigma associated with such knowledge (Green, 2002) but when considered against all possible offenses, likely downplayed as minor. Sadly, these incidents are happening younger and younger (Lahey,

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