"Bully book co-authors accuse each other of bullying, plagiarism"

Jonathan Whatley · Aug 25, 2013

Amy Dempsey said:

They teamed up to write a book about bullying in the workplace and wound up in a legal battle over allegations of plagiarism, breach of contract and — yes — bullying. […]

Neither the publisher nor Faas responded to emails that provided examples of word-for-word similarities between paragraphs in Faas’s book and six different sources. When alerted that he would be receiving such an email, Faas said: “I wouldn’t even bother with that, ’cause I’m not interested.”

“Because I know that the publisher and I’ve also instructed my lawyer to make sure that there are no issues relative to the book prior to its release,” he explained.

It was pointed out to Faas that it is typically the responsibility of the writer to make sure there is no plagiarism in his or her own work.

“The editor also edits,” he said.
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Bully book co-authors accuse each other of bullying, plagiarism
Bullying book: Similarities with other sources (both by Amy Dempsey, Toronto Star, August 24, 2013)

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