Communication Skills | Unit 3 Ethics in Professional Communication

1. Ethics in
Academics
Context

2. HONESTY &
INTEGRITY
RESPECTING
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY
TRANSPARENT AND
RESPONSIBLE
COMMUNICATION
COLLABORATION
VS. CHEATING

3. Authorship and
Publication Ethics
Communication with
Peers and Faculty
Ethical Conduct in
Research
Diverse Perspective
and Inclusivity

4. • Chemistry Professor Accused of Plagiarizing More Than 70
Articles
 University Executive Council of the Sri Venkateswara University
banned their chemistry professor accused of plagiarizing not just
one or two research papers, but almost seventy of them. Almost all
these research papers were published between the years 2004 to
2007. The institution banned the professor from taking any
research guidance along with the upcoming examination works.
 (Source: https://www.chronicle.com/article/indian-chemist-is-found-
to-have-plagiarized-and-falsified-articles/)

5.  Harvard student came up with her debut novel, “How Opal Mehta Got
Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life,” only to face a severe accusation of
plagiarism. Scholars accuse her of lifting sections from “Sloppy First and
Second Helpings,” written by Megan McCafferty. In the year 2006, in
Harvard Crimson, the university newsletter there was the publication of
the lifting details.
 Now, the charges almost ended the career of this author. However,
according to her, those similarities were unintentional. None believed her.
Her contracts for the few other books were called off and the movie deals
that she made.
 (Source: https://m.timesofindia.com/life-style/books/features/5-authors-
who-have-been-accused-of-plagiarism/amp_articleshow/58593060.cms)

6.  In the year 2002, in October, Late President APJ Abdul Kalam received a
letter from Stanford University. The letter claimed that physicist; Prof. B S
Rajput has blatantly copied from other sources. One of the signatories of
this letter was Renata Kallosh.
 She claimed that an entire research paper of hers has been used without
her acknowledgment. Stanford was shocked by the fact the person who
committed the heinous act was not punished. During this time, Prof.
Rajput was the Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University. However, after the
investigation and after the completion of the investigation, Prof. Rajput
has to resign from his post.
 (Source: https://thewire.in/education/in-india-you-can-plagiarize-and-
flourish)

7.  The Nov/Dec 2010 edition of the Biotechnology Advances journal
brought out a notice that accused Dr. Sangiliyandi Gurunathan and
his group of plagiarizing an article on “Division of Molecular and
Cellular Biology,” Kalasalingam University. The accusation led to
the retraction of the paper from the journal.
 Now that one knows about the famous plagiarism cases in India,
they should remember the following ways to avoid plagiarism:
 (Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_plagiarism_in_India)