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Moral Integrity and Academic Research

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This paper focuses on some moral issues in academic journal publishing, from the standpoints of Publishers, editors, referees and authors.

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Notes

  1. Cited in Ben Rosamond (2006), p. 519.

  2. That what I mention is truly plagiarism is evident when one considers the American Historical Association’s 2003 “Statement on Plagiarism:” “…Plagiarism also includes the limited borrowing, without attribution, of another person’s distinctive and significant research findings, hypotheses, theories, rhetorical strategies, or interpretations, or an extended borrowing even with attribution….more subtle abuses include the appropriation of concepts, data, or notes all disguised in newly crafted sentences, or reference to a borrowed work in an earlier note and then extensive further use without attribution. All such tactics reflect an unworthy disregard for the contributions of others.” Emphasis provided. Cited in Michael Grossberg (2006), p. 510.

  3. I owe this point to Bernard Boxill.

  4. That plagiarism is deeply unethical is stated in Rosamond 2006, pp. 517–518: “There is almost universal consensus not only that plagiarism is ‘wrong’, but that it amounts to just about the most serious offence that can be committed in academic life.”

  5. Cited in Grossberg 2006, p. 512.

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  • Rosamond, B. (2006). Plagiarism, academic norms, and the governance of the profession. In R. Barrow & P. Keeney (Eds.), Academic Ethics (p. 519). London: Ashgate.

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  • Michael, Grossberg. (2006). Plagiarism and Professional Ethics—A Journal Editor’s View. In R. Barrow & P. Keeney (Eds.), Academic Ethics (p. 510). London: Ashgate.

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  1. Professor of Philosophy & Ethics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

    J. Angelo Corlett

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Presented at le Conseil National d’Ethique en Recherché chez ‘Humain, Ottawa, Canada, 22 February 2009, and forthcoming in the Journal of Academic Ethics. Many thanks to Deborah C. Poff and other participants at that session for their invaluable comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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Corlett, J.A. Moral Integrity and Academic Research. J Acad Ethics 7, 45–49 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-009-9087-y

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