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Hi All It appears the inevitable has happened, and the defence minister has decided to fall on his sword and has resigned. Here is an update on the story from the English version of "Der Spiegel" http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,748383,00.html Regards Ken ---- Dr. Ken Masters Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics Medical Education Unit College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education ____/\/********\/\____ > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: German minister of defence and plagiarism > From: "Wells, Julian" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, February 24, 2011 2:19 pm > To: [log in to unmask] > > > What strikes me as unfortunate about this story is that Baron von Googleberg appears set to keep his job -- thus conveying the message that idleness/desperation/incompetence/dishonesty (or whatever other motive applies) in academic work will not be punished if you are important enough. > > (To be fair to the fellow, however, let me also point out that while his doctorate has indeed been revoked by Bayreuth, this was at Guttenberg's request.) > > > Dr Julian Wells > Acting Director of Studies > School of Economics > > staff web-page: http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/staff/cv.php?staffnum=287 > personal web-site: http://staffnet.kingston.ac.uk/~ku32530 > > Senior lecturer in economics > School of Economics > Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Kingston University > Penrhyn Road > Kingston-upon-Thames > KT1 2EE > United Kingdom > > +44 (0)20 8417 2341 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken > > Masters > > Sent: 24 February 2011 10:13 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: German minister of defence and plagiarism > > > > Hi All > > > > There is an update to this sad story. In short, the German minister of > > defence has had his doctorate revoked. (If you're not familiar with > > German culture, you need to know that titles carry a massive amount of > > weight). While I try to emphasise the 'carrot' approach when discussing > > plagiarism with students, sometimes an unfortunate case like this can be > > useful as a little bit of stick. > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/24/german-defence-minister- > > guttenberg-plagiarism > > > > Regards > > > > Ken > > > > ---- > > > > Dr. Ken Masters > > Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics > > Medical Education Unit > > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > > Sultan Qaboos University > > Sultanate of Oman > > E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education > > ____/\/********\/\____ > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: Re: German minister of defence and plagiarism > > > From: "Badge, Jo L. (Dr.)" <[log in to unmask]> > > > Date: Fri, February 18, 2011 4:35 pm > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > This is an interesting story indeed! > > > > > > > > > > > > Debora Weber-Wulf is a researcher in Germany who blogs in English and > > has been called upon to comment on this story - her blog post on the issue > > makes interesting reading! > > > > > > > > > > > > http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/2011/02/freiherr-zu-copy-and- > > paste.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Jo > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken > > Masters > > > > > > Sent: 18 February 2011 09:29 > > > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Subject: German minister of defence and plagiarism > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > > > > > > > People might be interested in this snippet of news - the German Minster > > > > > > of Defence has been accused (and the evidence appears to be quite > > > > > > strong) of plagiarism in his PhD. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,746132,00.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, the other links I have are in German (but Google > > > > > > Translate will give a pretty good idea): > > > > > > http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/plagiatsvorwurf-gegen- > > verteidigungsminister-guttenberg-soll-bei-doktorarbeit-abgeschrieben- > > haben-1.1060774 > > > > > > > > > > > > http://de.guttenplag.wikia.com/wiki/GuttenPlag_Wiki > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.bild.de/BILD/politik/2011/02/18/minister-guttenberg- > > schummelvorwuerfe-blitz-treffen/mit-kanzlerin-merkel.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Ken Masters > > > > > > Asst. 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