In a short paragraph, respond to the following questions. Post your paragraph as your response to this discussion topic.
1) Based on your experience, have you seen such practices in your work? Give an example. Why do you think this sort of plagiarizing is rather common in business/professional writing?
2) Where do you think the practice of using the same format, even the same language, for business documents might have come from? Can you think of any examples of when you have noticed the use of what is sometimes called “boilerplate” documents and language?
