Today I found that a successful (funded) proposal contains word-for-word copy and pasting of material (including a table) from an uncited report (one that I was a contributor to, but I don't know if I actually wrote the plagiarized material). I was a competitor for the funding and my proposal was to do essentially the same thing (better and cheaper, of course!). The proposal writing team is staff/faculty at a prominent University whose policy is non-tolerance of plagiarism.
Plagiarism is wrong, of course, but I suspect standards are lower for proposals. Should I report the plagiarism to the funding agency? Should I report it to the offender's institution?
I am also concerned that if I complain, I'll just be seen as a sore loser. What would you do?
Submitted May 31, 2016 at 11:19PM by Monkey_Brain_Oil
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