This problem doesn�t have frontiers, Sasuna. The ethics and moral integrity of British journalism, for example, have been under the spotlight recently, and quite rightly. In fact, one of my favourite journalists - a fellow Glaswegian, to boot - has just been suspended from The Independent for plagiarism. It made me think: what exactly is ESLP �s policy on plagiarism? As far as I can gather, non-attribution of sources is not considered serious enough here for a sanction, yet it �s still blatantly dishonest - enough to get an otherwise excellent journalist justifiably suspended even in the back-stabbing world of UK journalism. Which is saying something.

I �ve lost count of the amount of huge text-chunks here from a variety of sources which have formed the main body of worksheets, but which the �authors � couldn �t be bothered to acknowledge. According to the �rules �, you can use non-ESL texts (a fairly vague injunction anyway) as long as you add your own exercises, but nothing is said about attributing your source(s). Leaving aside the grammaticality or otherwise of what the �author� adds, a lot of the so-called original worksheets here are simply exercises in cynicism. It takes a real brass neck to allow your name to be added after the � symbol to something which is patently not yours.