NETIQUETTE SCENARIOS TO EVALUATE #3

Describe the underlyingnetiquette/ethics issue(s)in each scenario. Answer these questions for each one: What is your opinion of the behaviors involved?

What solutions can you suggest? Describe a parallel situation in which computers are NOT involved. SAVE AS: NETIQUETTE 3YOUR NAME TO YOUR DIRECTORY.

**BE SURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL THEASSIGNMENTS this week.

  1. Mr. Boxley asks the school librarian to double-check some references in Belinda's research paper. Mr. Boxley believes that the writing is far better than Belinda's usual work, almost spookily better. The librarian does a quick search and agrees with Mr. Boxley that Belinda has copied whole paragraphs from the online articles she cites. However, in each sentence, at least two words have been changed. When confronted, Belinda argues that she has paraphrased and cited her sources. She does not believe she has plagiarized from other people's work.
  2. Jason R. designed and posted a Star Wars web site. Once the site started receiving 40,000 hits a day, he received a phone call from Lucasfilm asking him to shut it down. Jason posted excerpts of the phone conversation on his web site. Lucasfilm was then flooded with angry e-mail messages from fans who felt the company was exerting totalitarian control over products to which they felt a deep personal connection.
  3. Joe uses e-mail/instant messaging/blogging to conduct a popularity poll. He asks “Who are the people you like most in the junior class? Who are the people you like least?” A couple of names predominate on the “least liked” list. Suzy, who is one of those people, starts missing a lot of school. Her parents are puzzled because the doctor can find nothing physically wrong with her. School officials warn them that Suzy will have to repeat the year if her attendance doesn't improve.
  4. Tracy had a report to write on acid rain. She used several sources -- books, magazines, newspaper articles, and an electronic encyclopedia. She listed all these sources in her bibliography at the end of the report. She found the encyclopedia to be the most convenient source because she could highlight portions of the text and paste them into her word processing document.