BBC News reports that the German defence minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has resigned from his job after substantial sections of his PhD thesis were found to have been plagiarised. He had already been stripped of his PhD after the plagiarism came to light.
Plagiarism is just not worth it.... and may come back to bite you years later. See the week 8 course materials, coming soon to Moodle, for more information about how to avoid it.
