The Ethics of Authorship: Is Ghostwriting Plagiarism?

By Jane Robbins. I have come out of my hiatus from this Sounding Board blog to respond to an anonymous question I received (and apologizes for how long it has taken). The questions is:
“Is it academic dishonesty or plagiarism if a college president has ghost writers author first person chapters or entire papers to academic books or journals? It seems highly unethical and dishonest but there is very little out [there] that clearly articulates when a president should and should not byline their work and papers.” Read more...