DCP's ongoing problem with plagiarism

[Doctor Scratch]

I can’t help but wonder: What do the other Interpreter Board Members think of this? What does Jack Welch think of this? FAIR Mormon? Patheos? Do they not know? Or do they not care? Those would seem to be the only options here.

[Philo Sofee]

I can’t help but wonder: What do the other Interpreter Board Members think of this? What does Jack Welch think of this? FAIR Mormon? Patheos? Do they not know? Or do they not care? Those would seem to be the only options here.

Remember, they all have the Melchizedek Priesthood of God. The mere rules that apply to men and women do not apply to the Melchizedek Priesthood when it is doing the work of the Lord. Therefore, plagiarism, so long as it builds the Kingdom of God, is most assuredly blessed of the Lord.

[Dr Exiled]

Just F-ing attribute your sources. It's such a problem that it's clearly deliberate.

[I Have Questions]

One might almost suspect he is doing it now for attention, because how can he possibly think he would not be caught?

Plagiarism isn’t something DCP has an issue doing. Most scholars, caught once, would have the integrity to move heaven and earth to ensure they were never found to have done it again. Even if the plagiarism is as a result of carelessness or working on the confines of a phone, or rushing etc a scholar wouldn’t allow themselves to ever be caught again. Peterson simply doesn’t care that he commits plagiarism, however it comes about. So what does that say about his character?

[I Have Questions]

Just F-ing attribute your sources. It's such a problem that it's clearly deliberate.

The best that can be said is that he doesn’t care about committing plagiarism. It’s not a principle he feels is important to uphold, no matter the cause.

At this point, it’s happened so frequently (and we aren’t lucky enough to have recorded all the instances where he’s done it) one has to assume he’s being doing it his whole academic life. I wonder what would be the earliest example of it, high school perhaps?

[Rivendale]

Just F-ing attribute your sources. It's such a problem that it's clearly deliberate.

The best that can be said is that he doesn’t care about committing plagiarism. It’s not a principle he feels is important to uphold, no matter the cause.

At this point, it’s happened so frequently (and we aren’t lucky enough to have recorded all the instances where he’s done it) one has to assume he’s being doing it his whole academic life. I wonder what would be the earliest example of it, high school perhaps?

I still have the theory that they can't see it as plagiarism. Mormonism are tight knit, clicky groups that interpret the world differently. As some have said , if it is faith promoting almost anything goes. But remember Mormonism is parasitic from the leaders perspective. They will draw every conceivable amount of positive information and broadcast far and wide to the world but the second the host becomes hostile or even apathetic they kill the host.

[Tator]

Ditto Copy Pasterson is a lazy slow learner and a fast forgetter.

[I Have Questions]

The best that can be said is that he doesn’t care about committing plagiarism. It’s not a principle he feels is important to uphold, no matter the cause.

At this point, it’s happened so frequently (and we aren’t lucky enough to have recorded all the instances where he’s done it) one has to assume he’s being doing it his whole academic life. I wonder what would be the earliest example of it, high school perhaps?

I still have the theory that they can't see it as plagiarism. Mormonism are tight knit, clicky groups that interpret the world differently. As some have said , if it is faith promoting almost anything goes. But remember Mormonism is parasitic from the leaders perspective. They will draw every conceivable amount of positive information and broadcast far and wide to the world but the second the host becomes hostile or even apathetic they kill the host.

Those are fair points. But I don’t know another Mormon so-called “scholar” that plagiarises. Peterson stands apart as a prolific plagiariser. He’s a serial offender, and he knows he’s a serial offender. He justifies it by thinking “it’s just a blog, so scholarly standards don’t apply”.

[drumdude]

I still have the theory that they can't see it as plagiarism. Mormonism are tight knit, clicky groups that interpret the world differently. As some have said , if it is faith promoting almost anything goes. But remember Mormonism is parasitic from the leaders perspective. They will draw every conceivable amount of positive information and broadcast far and wide to the world but the second the host becomes hostile or even apathetic they kill the host.

Those are fair points. But I don’t know another Mormon so-called “scholar” that plagiarises. Peterson stands apart as a prolific plagiariser. He’s a serial offender, and he knows he’s a serial offender. He justifies it by thinking “it’s just a blog, so scholarly standards don’t apply”.

Since his blog is monetized, it’s unethical and it’s stealing other people’s work for personal financial gain. No matter how small, that’s what he’s doing.

I think it indicates how little he values personal, moral, and intellectual integrity, and that shows in his apologetic work. If he can spread lies which promote Mormonism, he’s more than happy to do so.

[Marcus]

Since his blog is monetized, it’s unethical and it’s stealing other people’s work for personal financial gain. No matter how small, that’s what he’s doing...

[bolding added.]

This is the key argument against Peterson's insistence that his personal blog isn't really 'published' material, therefore it's not plagiarism. His blog entries contain many, many instances of stealing the intellectual property of other authors. Just because he thinks it's okay to steal their material because he's not really 'publishing' it doesn't mean it's not theft of intellectual property.

In fact, the institutions who legitimately publish works by the people he steals from uniformly define what he is doing on his blog as theft of intellectual property. Everyone is in agreement, from patheos to BYU to Wikipedia to every source Peterson steals from: Plagiarism is defined is stealing someone else's work, regardless of where you put it.

Additionally, this thread documents a multitude of Peterson's plagiarized publications across more than just his blog. It documents his plagiarisms at the Deseret News, the LDS meridian and lifestyle magazines, and even in the Interpreter itself.