(b) Plagiarism of intellectual property

Now, the academics in this audience may think, Well, that sounds like plagiarism.

Sometimes fraud consists in plagiarism the culprit takes credit for someone else s work. However, especially in the most competitive scientific fields, fraud often takes the form of forgery the culprit fabricates data.

Nevertheless, in this case plagiarism is impossible, since paragraph 1 of the above mentioned report states that the report covers the various rights recognized in the international instruments and their situation throughout the country, not including violations of human rights and international humanitarian law dealt with by the joint mission .

12. In other parts of the same chapter of the reply ( I. The Garretón report principal source of the report of the Investigative Team ), it is suggested that the alleged plagiarism occurred in relation to the report contained in document E CN.4 1998 65 (paras. 23, 27, 28 and 30 of the reply).

WOLLERAU, SWITZERLAND Scientific fraud, plagiarism, and ghost writing are increasingly being reported in the news media, creating the impression that misconduct has become a widespread and omnipresent evil in scientific research. But these reports are more an example of sensationalist media latching on to a hot topic than a true account of the deterioration of scientific values.