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Yes, but it's still wrong, if true. Plagiarism isn't just unethical, it's punitive in most places. I don't see anything bad about calling it out.
Oh absolutely. And this being in academia, they likely will lose their job over it - like that Harvard professor who was accused of a highly similar form of plagiarism (borrowing long stretches of text while failing to cite the original source material). I was pointing out the absurdity of not doing that for politicians and CEOs:-(.
plagiarism is an academic crime.
failing to cite a source is completely amoral.
No, it's also possible to be sued for plagiarism, so defacto punitive.
I would also err on the side of ethics versus morality for something that doesn't directly and intentionally do harm on its outset.
>would also err on the side of ethics versus morality
this makes no sense.
that doesnt mean its immoral.
and as far as i can tell, its not even true. you can be sued for copyright infringement but plagiarism is not codified.
Do you know the difference?
yes