title: Self-plagiarism and textual recycling: legitimate forms of research misconduct.
abstract: The concept of self-plagiarism frequently elicits skepticism and generates confusion in the research ethics literature, and the ethical status of what is often called "textual recycling" is particularly controversial. I argue that, in general, self-plagiarism is unethical because it is deceptive and dishonest. I then distinguish several forms of it and argue against various common rationalizations for textual recycling. I conclude with a discussion of two instances of textual recycling, distinguishing them in terms of their ethical seriousness but concluding that both are ethically problematic.
authors: a The University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA.
authors: Samuel V
authors: SV
authors: Bruton
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D008192:Deception; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015714:Plagiarism; D011642:Publications / Q000941:ethics*; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States