the scandal of thesis plagiarism in which the minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Yasmin Esquivel Mossato obtain a bachelor’s degree Rightalready caused consequences within the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Yasmín Esquivel revealed that the other authors of the theses acknowledged having taken fragments of her text
The minister of the SCJN assured that she had evidence that she was a victim of plagiarism and that, in addition, the file containing her work was illegally modified
Through a statement, the country’s Highest House of Studies reported this Friday that, during a meeting between the rector Enrique Graue Wiechers with the College of Directors of Faculties and Schools, adopted three measures to prevent repeat plagiarism of professional theses or other professional research papers:
1.- The faculties and schools of the University, taking into account the particular characteristics and nature of each entity, will analyze and, where appropriate, reform the regulations for professional exams and qualifications. to include the review of the draft of the thesis through specialized computer programs (software) in the detection of plagiarism, as a prerequisite for the synod’s authorization to present the professional exam.
2.- Likewise, exhort the graduate programs that they still do not use these computer programs so that they can analyze with them the drafts of the degree theses, before proceeding to the integration of the respective juries.
FES Aragón found a high level of coincidence between Yasmín Esquivel’s thesis and another but paused the case
The faculty belonging to the UNAM is pending the review of evidence presented by the minister of the SCJN
3.- It will develop a informative campaign to raise awareness about the importance of academic integrity and the seriousness of committing plagiarismamong the students of the different years of the degrees, particularly those who are close to graduating from their studies and opt for the presentation of the thesis or a written report as degree modalities, in addition to the fact that training courses will be given to the academic staff, in order to understand and deal in the best way with situations that may eventually arise.
For his part, he Technical Council of the Faculty of Law of the UNAM informed on January 5 that it will meet on January 9 to To analize the situation academic of the professor of the Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) of Aragon, Martha Rodriguez Ortizthesis adviser to Minister Yasmín Esquivel and lawyer Edgar Ulises Báez Gutiérrez.
In said session the authorities will discuss “the probable legal conflicts aired in the media and in university instances”.
“The UNAM Law School is committed to legality and ethics, as well as academic excellence. For this reason, disciplinary measures will be taken in accordance with the university legislation that may apply.
was the investigator William Sheridan who spread on the portal LatinUS that the lawyer graduated in September 1987 using a thesis similar in content that was approved in July 1986.
The CDMX Prosecutor denied having exonerated Yasmín Esquivel for alleged plagiarism in her thesis
The capital’s FGJ ruled on the complaint that the minister filed after being accused of plagiarizing her bachelor’s thesis
And it is that Esquivel Mossa’s thesis was titled “Ineffectiveness of unions in trusted workers of article 123 section A”. While that of Báez Gutiérrez, with one more year of seniority: “Ineffectiveness of the union of trusted workers of Article 123 of the Constitution, section A”.
He even shared images where it is observed that the contents, style, references and conclusions are identical; although one of the differences is that the original thesis is not dedicated, but to the current minister, it is written for her mother, her father, sisters, nephew and teachers of the degree.
After the disclosure of the case, Esquivel, who at that time He sought to preside over the SCJN and was endorsed by the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorpublished a statement from Martha Rodríguez Ortiz, in which she says that she has advised more than 500 undergraduate theses and ensures that the minister’s thesis is the original.
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