Academic claims Seoul credit for others' work

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Christopher Ngassam, an assistant professor at the business school in Norfolk State University in Virginia, could face dismissal following the discovery that he plagiarised almost an entire research paper on the South Korean stock market, directly copying data figure-for-figure and falsely attributing the analysis to the South African stock market. Ngassam, in what is being described by some as the most shocking case of academic plagiarism ever uncovered, copied almost word-for-word an article by Korean academics Kwang-Jung Kim and Sang-Bin Lee which was published in 1995 in the British-based "Journal of Business Finance and Accounting", for an article of his that was published in 2002 in the Canadian "Journal of Comparative International Management". Ngassam was unavailable for comment.

Patents & copyrights, Cases, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Intellectual property, Ngassam, Christopher, Kwang-Jung Kim, Sang-Bin Lee

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Academic who spoke out now faces sack

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Aubrey Blumsohn, senior lecturer in human metabolism at Sheffield University's School of Medicine, has been suspended by the university and faces losing his job after cooperating with an investigation conducted by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) into allegations of research misconduct at the university. Blumsohn cooperated with the THES after losing faith in an almost two-year investigation conducted into the allegations by the university and his suspension has caused an international outcry.

Personnel administration, Human resource management, Discipline, College teachers, College faculty, Whistle blowing, Whistleblowing, Company personnel management, Research ethics, University of Sheffield, Blumsohn, Aubrey

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'Everyone is a loser in a misconduct case'

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Academic fraud can cause great damage to reputations but the question remains whether universities are doing enough to tackle the problem. Everyone loses in a misconduct case but universities are finally starting to tackle the problem of fraud.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Universities and colleges, Prevention, Fraud in science, Science fraud, Cheating (Education)

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