Whistleblowers in an Academic Gift Culture - A Commentary on the Scandal in Academia.

The Scandal in Academia is an extended fictional case-study intended for use as a teaching and discussion aid for educational practitioners looking to introduce elements of computer ethics into their curricula. Inspired by Epstein's Case of the Killer Robot, it is a full-cycle scenario involving many individuals which touches upon the complexity and interrelations of modern computer ethics. It has been trialed and evaluated as a teaching tool by the authors and with multiple groups since then. However its utility as a general resource is limited without the academic context that supports deeper investigation of the material. It is to address this issue that the authors offer this commentary on the Scandal, with a focus on the eleventh and twelth newspaper items presented within. This paper focuses primarily on the articles Hacker is Postgraduate Student and Clean Out at Scandal Linked Journals.