Re: Attention Experienced Professionals

From: ats <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:07:37 -0700
Message-ID: <1097550407.795912@yasure>

Louis Frolio wrote:

> ats <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1097466882.758451_at_yasure>...
>

>>Laconic2 wrote:
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>>>Alan,
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>>>I believe you.
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>>>But I think it's just a symptom of a deeper problem.
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>>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

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> 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

I agree. There are places where murder is acceptable. That doesn't mean it should be tolerated.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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