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Another case of plagiarism at Punjab University
LAHORE, Feb 9(Dawn): With the Punjab University already struggling to wriggle
out of the plagiarism web, a fresh case has surfaced.
This time a senior
teacher of the psychology and applied psychology department has been accused of
plagiarizing four international articles that have earned him promotion as
associate professor. Now, he is a candidate for the post of
professor.
The university, it may be added, has not been able to take the
`much publicized' plagiarism case reported in the Centre for High Energy Physics
(CHEP) to its logical end.
A formal application, filed by another teacher
of the same department, carries evidence regarding the associate professor's
intellectual theft, copyright violations and plagiarism of serious nature. It
was sent to the vice-chancellor on Nov 20 last.
The PU administration
which is yet to proceed on the complaint has instead transferred the complainant
to the special education department to restore a "conducive environment" in the
psychology department.
PU registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan admitted
that the VC office had received the complaint. He said faculty of life sciences
dean Prof Dr Shahida Husnain had been asked to look into the matter.
The
complaint that carries evidence, including original research papers, reflects
that associate professor has completely copied a research article "Socialization
of the physical attractiveness stereotype: Parental expectations and verbal
behaviors" by Gerald R. ADAMS, Mandy HICKEN and Mahshid Salehi; Utah State
University, Logan, USA. This original research work was published in
International Journal of Psychology 23 (1985) 137-149, publishers North
Holland.
The research article claimed by the accused professor carries
the same title: "Socialization of the physical attractiveness stereotype:
Parental expectations and verbal behaviors" with a few changes. The major
changes made in the original research work include a sentence "A total of 86
children and their parents (mothers and fathers) were sampled from a university
pre-school laboratory and a nearby elementary school" which has been replaced as
"A total of 86 children and their parents (mothers and fathers) were sampled
from Sunrise school, Lahore, and a nearby elementary school".
By going
through both the articles, one can also find that the original Table-I that
represents "Children's responses and parents' expectations on the social choice
task" has completely been reproduced by the accused in his plagiarized article.
The PU professor has even reproduced the chi square values, which may not be the
case in Pakistan.
The complaint further says that the professor has never
got this article published but claims it as a published one in his application
submitted for the post of professor.
The complaint has also been referred
to Higher Education Commission's executive director Dr Sohail H Naqvi and
American Psychological Association (APA) senior director Susan J A
Harris.
Answering a question, PU registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan
said the varsity administration would investigate all the issues with complete
objectivity and neutrality. "However, strict disciplinary and administrative
action will be taken against teachers who have ruined and spoiled the conducive
environment in the department."
He said the complainant in this case was
"emotionally unstable" and did not enjoy good working relations with any
colleague or student. He said the university administration was receiving
complaints against her for the last two years.
Initially, he said, the
administration had transferred her services from the psychology department to
the special education department so that she could fulfil special children's
psychological needs.
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