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Dr Jason Roosevelt was a 62-year-old professor of management at the University of Goldsville. He was considered by many to be one of the university’s finest professors, and he was especially renowned for his contributions to research. Dr Roosevelt had published several papers and authored multiple books, often with his students. Safe to say that he was beloved by the research community of the university and by the student body in general.
One day, Dr Roosevelt came to class, and before he began his lecture, he told his students a story about what happened to him the day before. What happened was that Dr Roosevelt heard the glass breaking inside his house, but he wasn’t sure what could have caused it.
After all, his children lived in a different state, and his wife hadn’t returned from work. Even if someone entered through the front door, he would have known, as he was in the living room.
He was concerned that someone might have broken in. He grabbed a kitchen knife and rushed upstairs to confront the intruder. As he reached upstairs, he realised that it might have been a little late. A masked robber was preparing to leave his house through the balcony. The professor was shocked and screamed at the intruder to make him stop.
The intruder was stunned but regained his composure and responded to the agitated teacher. “Sorry, doctor, but I will be taking this, something you don’t need any longer.” As Dr Roosevelt gazed upon the stolen merchandise, he realised that the robber was carrying multiple of his research papers.
He was confused, and instead of being angry, grew concerned.
“Do you really want to steal those papers?”
The thief responded, “Yeah, sure! And these papers are already registered in your name, I’ll just be copying stuff from them for my own research.”
The professor laughed, he snarkily replied: “Oh, you poor fella! Think about this: Is it even your own research if you’re just blatantly copying my work?”
The thief was not sure what to say in that moment, but responded nonetheless.
“Nobody’s gonna know, I am pretty shrewd with my thievery. Even you wouldn’t have realised that I’m in your house if not for the tiny mistake of breaking your glass. Be assured that I won’t make such a silly mistake while writing my own paper.”
The professor was not having it, he replied, “Oh, son! You already made a mistake when you decided to steal my work instead of working on your own.”
At this point, the thief grew concerned. He said, “Wait, are you not going to call the cops on me, old man?”
Dr Roosevelt was still smiling ear-to-ear. He replied: “Go ahead! Take my papers away with you and just wait.”
The thief shrugged his shoulders and left.
Dr Roosevelt’s students were surprised to hear that he just let the thief steal from him. One of them asked, “But sir, why were you okay with letting him steal your papers?”
He responded, “He is committing an act of theft, both in the literal sense and in an academic context. I don’t think calling the cops on him would do him nearly as much harm as plagiarising an existing paper would hurt his academic reputation and career. He could have simply cited my paper if he wanted to make a point. But he chose the easy way and decided to steal. My papers will still be my papers, but his work will forever be tainted with plagiarism and academic dishonesty.”
This is why you don’t wrongfully plagiarise the content from other people’s works and always work on your own research. Citing someone else’s paper is fine, but stealing will never go unpunished.
