Interlude: Hypocrisy

Just came across this today. It reminds me of stuff that happens in the Atlantean Education System, and which we don't take seriously enough.

Teachers do not always practice what they preach, or, perhaps more accurately, they don’t see that some of their own questionable practices may be condemned by their preaching. A senior faculty member who exploits the work of junior colleagues without listing them as authors is in no position to complain about students who fail to adequately acknowledge their sources (Gibelman & Gelman, 1999). That does not excuse the students, let alone justify their conduct, but it does contribute to a corrosive atmosphere of hypocrisy.

Teachers College Record, Date Published: March 12, 2009
http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 15591, Date Accessed: 4/1/2009 8:09:30 AM

I remember being a junior colleague exploited like this a lot. The reply to any query about it is normally, "You should be glad you have a job and we allow you to participate in such things and give you all kinds of opportunities."