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Honesty (was Re: Mercator vs. Great Circle Charts)
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Aug 29, 6:10 AM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Aug 29, 6:10 AM
No, no, Ms. Seefer, that simply won't do. Your argument that the course is being taken for personal enrichment (consider what this episode says about that goal) and that "being innovative" in seeking the answers is, to be blunt, little more than poor rationalization. One is either honest or not; one cannot claim honesty when it suits and put it aside when, as your message implies you've done, it doesn't suit one's mood. Ms. Seefer, it *always* matters. Were you only a student cheating on a test, the matter might rest there but as an academic you are obliged to maintain a higher standard that your students should aim to emulate. Failing to do so is, because of your responsibility as an instructor, is doubly wrong. I suggest you review the cases of those academics found to be falsifying their research, their work, and their credentials. There is a lesson to be learned there. I hope you learn it. In the meantime, I shudder to think what your students have learned from you about ethics. Richard B. Emerson