I teach a Research Methodology and stress this to my students. I tell them: NO ONE will care if you build on the ideas of others IF you acknowledge them. How hard is it to add a footnote or sentence. Still amazed at how often I see lack of acknowledgement to straight plagiarismhttps://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/964707131411775489 …
For intellectually lazy or unintelligent students, thinking for oneself and building on others work has a cost that they are not willing to pay, time and effort.
