Ethical and Legal Issues When Working with Digital Information

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Plagiarism is not something that just might occur in college papers; there are social and financial consequences to plagiarism in the real world (CO4). Please review the following plagiarism cases:

Jayson Blair and the New York Times.(https://www.spj.org/ecs13.asp)

Jonah Lehrer and the New Yorker.https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2012/06/21/self-plagiarism-ethics-and-the-case-of-jonah-lehrer/

“Surfin’ USA” and “Sweet Little Sixteen.”https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93432/when-chuck-berry-became-beach-boy

Jane Goodall an her book, “Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jane-goodall-book-seeds-of-hope-contains-borrowed-passages-without-attribution/2013/03/19/448ad1f6-8bf3-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_story.html

Choose one of the above examples and answer the following:

Describe the plagiarism or unethical behavior that occurred.

What was the outcome of this plagiarism or unethical behavior?

Find another example of real world plagiarism and share it with the class.

Discussion Guidelines:

Three posts minimum.

The initial forum response is due by Friday at 11:55 p.m. EST and must be 250+ words in length.