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Just a note that plagiarism wasn't the extent of the alleged misconduct. Large parts of his biography were in question as well. A recovery of his reputation or
by tptacek 2mo ago
Just a note that plagiarism wasn't the extent of the alleged misconduct. Large parts of his biography were in question as well. A recovery of his reputation or a long-term future as a public thinker, let alone an academic, was probably not even a remote possibility. The stress of dealing with that situation had to have been incredible.
- doc_ick 2mo agoSo plagiarism overall is what you’re saying.
- ternaryoperator 2mo agoMaking up events in your personal history is not plagiarism.
- foldr 2mo agoNo, but it's also not professional misconduct. I don't think Arday's work merited the position he held, but at the same time, you can't really fire a professor of sociology because you find out that they've run fewer charity marathons than claimed. So the plagiarism was the main issue relevant to his academic position.