> But it isn’t about the plagiarism. It’s confirmation that the institution only cares about empty platitudes while not really doing anything else to help their

> But it isn’t about the plagiarism. It’s confirmation that the institution only cares about empty platitudes while not really doing anything else to help their students. And if they’re not helpful, why does their job exist? You're kind of missing the point: 1. Institutional practices/beliefs about plagiarism will influence its behavior in other areas. 2. "Empty platitudes," are often necessary, as a social lubricant. People aren't robots. Sometimes you can't do anything, but also you can't say nothing. 3. I very much doubt the university administration only exists to send out these messages, so you can't reasonably question if their job should exist based on this narrow episode.