Re: Attention Experienced Professionals

ats <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1097466882.758451_at_yasure>...
> Laconic2 wrote:
> > Alan,
> >
> > I believe you.
> >
> > But I think it's just a symptom of a deeper problem.
>
> Which, I presume would be, the lack of ethical behavior in our society
> and the lack of pressure from peers to behave ethically?
>
> Daniel Morgan

I would not presume that it is just a problem in our society; in some cultures cheating is an accepted means to an end. While in graduate school many of my colleagues were from around the world: China, India, Germany, etc. There was an incident in one of my classes where one of the foreign students got busted for cheating on a rather important assignment. When confronted this person vehemently insisted that he did not do anything wrong and that his actions " .. were perfectly within accepted boundaries .." back home. If I were the prof I would have given him his walking papers, especially being that this is graduate school and it is understood that you are there because you have a specific interest to be there. This person pleaded his case so well that he was given a chance to redo the assignment which set off a mini revolt against the prof who gave him a second chance.

Louis V. Frolio Received on Mon Oct 11 2004 - 07:43:18 CDT