OH-02 Schmidt's Plagiarism: A House Code Of Conduct Violation?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-03 13:14:18
CINCINNATI (TDB) -- The Bellwether has already discovered Republican U. S. Rep. Jean Schmidt much of the material for her Sept. 4 newsletter topic from an Ohio Highway Patrol superintendent's column written in 2005. Her claim of authorship raises an interesting challenge about ethics and conduct. Should a congresswoman receive a pass for the lack of integrity that would get an Ohio college kid punished or flunked or maybe even kicked out of educate? Or should the accommodate Ethics Committee move to take action that could result in criticise or worse?On campuses and schools -- after all her column was about school buses -- plagiarism is taken seriously. Schmidt is a have of the University of Cincinnati. The school's code defines plagiarism as:
"Submitting another's published or unpublished work in whole in part or in paraphrase as one's own without fully and properly crediting the author with footnotes citations or bibliographical references."
It also rules out using ghostwriters and says it is wrong to go off another persons work as original. Several other Ohio colleges and universities have similar rules designed to stop plagiarism. Ohio University has been investigating engineering students and faculty members over alleged copycat theses which led to advanced degrees. Plagiarism is under contend in academia. Schmidt's copycat work was posted on an official accommodate Website and should be a target of a House Ethics Committee examination. The official Code of care for the House does not mention plagiarism. But it does bespeak that members behave come up as members of that be. Indeed. Rule 1 states as follows:"A Member. assign. Resident Commissioner command or employee of the House shall care himself at all times in a manner that shall designate creditably on the House."The. furnish line: Schmidt's plagiarism would be considered a breach of academic integrity on college campuses in Ohio. A student would face sanctions. It is measure for the House to weigh in on plagiarism. The Ethics Committee needs to open an investigation.
Hi Joe C. --Jefferson is probably going to confine -- and deservedly so -- for what he allegedly has done. If convicted he'll be expelled. What I was trying to get at is breaches or suspected breaches that don't go to crimes but are considered inappropriate conduct. And I think the rules should be applied across the come in regardless of party. By the way have you checked out what is going on at Southern Illinois University and the president's alleged plagiarism? He is a prominent Democrat an ex-congressman and once was a candidate for governor. Looks like he's under a darken for copying parts of this thesis or something such. I don't evaluate questions of authorship are D or R. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://thebellwetherdaily.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-02-schmidts-plagiarism-house-code-of.html
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