Recently my local school district was jolted with allegations of plagiarism by administration officials. With the WWW plagiarism has become easier than in the past.
However, falsifying a resume is more insidious. The fine line between ‘embellishing’ one’s record and making ‘false claims’….
I will make a collection of stories related to these topics in this blog.
Plagiarism allegations jolt school
Chief’s Pay Is Docked by Raytheon
RadioShack CEO resigns amid resume questions
Yes, the internet has made some kinds of plagiarism easier to commit; it has also made some kinds of plagiarism easier to detect.
Regarding the time-honored tradition of falsifying information on resumes: the internet has not made that any easier; it has always been very easy for those whose ‘wants’ overpower their ‘ethics.’ But the internet also has made it a bit easier to gather public information on an applicant for a position, allowing the claims of the resume to be evaluated for consistency with the public information.
Internet has allowed people to “push” the boundaries further, even in resume writing. I have come across resumes where certain ‘accomplishments’ are ‘embellished,’ i.e. a copy/paste job from a website.
It’s funny that you blogged about this topic this week. PostSecret.com has a posting this week on the same topic–”My boss faked her credentials and her resume; I sent her resume to the Boston Globe when Management failed to do anything about it; The story made the frong page. I shook when I read it. She ‘resigned.’”
It’s unfortunate that those who are supposed to be role models for students and professionals are trying to cheat their way to the top!