For those who do not access my paper but are curious, some major points are 1) It is not always definite that plagiarism has occurred; there are a variety of borderline cases with me giving several examples; 2) Some people make outright false accusations of plagiarism, which is as unethical as plagiarism itself, with this more common than many think, although many doing this think they are right, and 3) There is the problem of self-plagiarism, which I bottom line out on as being unethical but not as much so as plagiarizing others.  I also provide some sources that might make for good readings in a course.

Barkley Rosser

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Hello, some helpful references :

Demartino, G. (2011) The Economist's Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics, USA, Oxford University Press.

Economic Thought , issue 2,
http://p.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/763931/4534930/4586070/www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/files/journals/economicthought/volume2/issue1/WEA-ET-Vol2-No1.pdf

Thomas Mayer, 2009. "Honesty and Integrity in Academic Economics,"
Challenge, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., vol. 52(4), pages 16-24, July. And many other works by MAYER here http://ideas.repec.org/e/pma97.html

Hope this helps

Ramzi



On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Paul Dudenhefer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I don't know of any courses, but this article and some of its references might be a good place to start:
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> Plagiarism and Its Impact on the Economics Profession   Arce, Daniel G.; Enders, Walter; Hoover, Gary A.; Bulletin of Economic Research, July 2008, v. 60, iss. 3, pp. 231-43
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> If you have access to the EconLit database, you might want to search that too for other articles dealing with your subject.
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> On 9/10/2013 7:53 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> Dear list members,
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> I am setting up a new course on research ethics in economics. My 
> intention is to teach undergraduate economics students on plagiarism, 
> scientific misconduct, fraud, and other related issues in scientific 
> research. I have been searching the Internet since last week, hoping 
> to find similar syllabi on the subject. I have found many courses 
> designed for students of biological sciences and media studies. 
> However, Google Search tells me that there is only one economics course on this subject, which is in Princeton by Anne C. Case and Stephen E. Morris, entitled "Responsible Conduct of Research in Economics." I used other keywords, such as "scientific misconduct in economics research" and "ethical issues in economics"; the results did not change.
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> I thought I must be doing something wrong. I therefore would like to 
> ask:  Does anybody know any course, graduate or undergraduate, on research ethics in economics?
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> Best wishes,
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> Altug Yalcintas, Ankara University
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