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Dear colleagues, Many thanks for you advice on this matter. I feel that there may be scope here for a project to provide an handbook for the purposes of advising staff when they find themselves in sticky situations. Many thanks, Stephen On 21 November 2015 at 17:22, Sousa-Silva, Rui <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Stephen, > Providing advice on how to handle plagiarism accusations can indeed be > tricky. I absolutely agree with Gill Price that by a) being honest about > errors and/or omissions in acknowledging other people’s work and b) > explaining how the work was done, the academic in question should be able > to at least partly ensure a fair outcome of the case. > My experience as a forensic linguist, though, is that we are often rather > naive when it comes to assuming that by being honest all will end well. In > fact, this frequently leads to cases of misrepresentation of evidence, in > which fairly or unfairly those accused fail to prove their honesty. I would > therefore recommend that the academic at stake should seek for expert > advice. > Best > Rui > > > *Rui Sousa-Silva, PhD* > > Post-doctoral Researcher > LFLAB.Linguística Forense / CLUP - Centro de Linguística da Universidade > do Porto > @: [log in to unmask] > W: www.linguisticaforense.pt > > On 21 Nov 2015, at 12:54, Gill Price (MED) <[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Dear Stephen > > I don’t know of any advice system for academics I'm afraid, but I do > strongly believe that academic staff should observe all the principles and > practices that we expect of students. > > Accordingly, I would advise an academic in the same way as a student who > is being accused of plagiarism: > 1) Be honest about any errors or omissions in acknowledging others, > whether intentionally or unintentionally, and show awareness of the > implications of these > 2) Explain how construction of the work in question was done, with any > evidence that can be mustered, to show your own intellectual ownership of > the work > > Best wishes > Gill Price > > ******************************************** > Gill Price MSc MSc PhD PGDip.HEP > Plagiarism Officer > Norwich Medical School > University of East Anglia > Norwich Research Park > Norwich NR4 7TJ > > Tel: 01603 591267 > Fax: 01603 593752 > email: [log in to unmask] > > > ************************************************************************* > You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, > change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html > ************************************************************************* > -- *Stephen Gow* *Academic Integrity Resource Manager* Academic Support Office Harry Fairhurst Building, Room LFA/132 University of York Heslington YORK YO10 5DD 01904 321135 [log in to unmask] Plagiarism Advice Academic Network - China and UK <http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/academic-network#china> Gow, S. (2014). A cultural bridge for academic integrity? Mainland Chinese master’s graduates of UK institutions returning to China. *International Journal for Educational Integrity*, *10*(1). <http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au/index.php/IJEI/article/view/935> ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************