[governance] A shame for the EC

[Fouad Bajwa]

Sometimes the Universities and research centers struggle to innovate
or produce meaningful contributions to the human and scientific body
of knowledge. This compels and pressures students or researchers to
attempt dealing with research issues and defend what already exists
and only to struggle to find something new or innovative or argue for
issues that have been already contributed in one form or the other.

Plagiarism is also used as a form of political manipulation tool in
certain cases. I have seen this to be a common method of intellectual
abuse in Pakistan in order to protect nepotism and political
interference within certain higher education and research sectors.

We cannot undermine human potential using an educational system
originally designed to produce slaves of a capitalist and consumer
social environment. What are the tools to assess human capability have
always remained a great challenge for psychology and cognitive
studies.

In this case, if someone is deemed to be an advisor without and
decision making status, that person may only be surviving within the
system on analysis and ideas. Education and means of education remain
a privacy issue but this may seemingly not be the case here.

As far as I see, the EU Commission and the processes that run within
and around do not allow a single mind power and that's where this
issue and the pressures around tend to settle down. Public interest
and intervention should remain key to every policy matter and in the
broader interest of society, such an issue may only be an example of
prejudice. Let's move on!


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Regards.
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Fouad Bajwa

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Jovan Kurbalija <jovank at diplomacy.edu> wrote:
> Deirdre,
>
> You reminded me of an interesting discussion on plagiarism triggered by the
> news that 85% of university students in the United States are involved in
> some sort of plagiarism.  Can 85% of students be wrong? Should we invest in
> a better anti plagiarism software or start considering a new educational
> paradigm? Like with many other policy issues, there is a mix of causes and
> effects. Here is the link to the discussion from 2007 which is still valid
> today: http://wp.me/p81We-m
>
> Regards, Jovan
>
> On 12/14/11 4:12 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote:
>
> This discussion interests me for a slightly different reason.
> I have been wondering for some time now whether the norm about plagiarism
> isn't shifting as the norm about privacy seems to be doing. Privacy is still
> important but the things considered "private" seem to have changed. With the
> issue of plagiarism - we are being encouraged to "remix" from the existing.
> Does this carry with it the idea that, once published, information is
> "free"? When I asked this question on the Diplo ning I was assured that the
> "old" rule still obtains - if you borrow someone else's intellectual
> property you must acknowledge where/who it came from.
> But now I wonder again - in changing times is plagiarism not as wicked as it
> used to be?
> Deirdre
>
> On 14 December 2011 10:36, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>>
>> > Given that the general reaction to this appointment could not have come
>> > as a
>> > surprise to Mme. Kroes or her staff one really has to ask why it was
>> > made.
>>
>> Indeed. And she's legally obligated to give the reasons (when the
>> question is formally asked) why such a scandalous person was chosen
>> instead of conducting a more normal kind of search for a well-qualified
>> and suitable person to fill this role:
>>
>> According to Article 41 of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights [1],
>> which has been ratified by all EU member countries as part of the
>> Lisbon Treaty, there is a right to good administration which includes
>> in particular "the obligation of the administration to give reasons
>> for its decisions".
>>
>> [1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
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