Did you think this was The Babylon Bee? It's an honest mistake, but we only dabble in real news around these parts!
Reality is funnier than satire. It's a crazy time to be alive!
Let's look at the article from Science Magazine, shall we?
Harvard University honesty researcher Francesca Gino, whose work has come under fire for suspected data falsification, may also have plagiarized passages in some of her high-profile publications.
(By "honesty researcher," the magazine is referring to Gino's work as a behavioral scientist who researches how and why people make decisions, including the decision to lie.
A book chapter co-authored by Gino, who was found by a 2023 Harvard Business School (HBS) investigation to have committed research misconduct, contains numerous passages of text with striking similarities to 10 earlier sources. The sources include published papers and student theses, according to an analysis shared with Science by University of Montreal psychologist Erinn Acland.
Science has confirmed Acland's findings and identified at least 15 additional passages of borrowed text in Gino's two books, "Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life" and "Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan." Some passages duplicate text from news reports or blogs. Others contain phrasing identical to passages from academic literature. The extent of duplication varies between passages, but all contain multiple identical phrases, as well as clear paraphrases and significant structural similarity.
Gino's lawyer blasted the allegations, which surfaced in September 2023 after Acland began researching Gino's work. An investigation into Gino was started by Harvard after a graduate student criticized the validity of her research in 2020 and was told not to criticize Gino if she knew what was good for her.
Harvard's investigation recommended the university fire Gino and she is currently on administrative leave.
Some of the details of the allegations are pretty wild:
I mean, really?
I guess that's the quality of Ivy League schools these days?
I'll leave screenshots supporting the allegations here to train you to spot plagiarism in other "Honesty Professors" in the future!
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