Hot on the heels of the Kaavya Viswanathan story (Harvard undergrad author, signed a two-book deal for half a million dollars, got caught ripping passages from another book), the head of Waltham-based Raytheon has stepped forward and confessed to grifting adages for his free "Unwritten Rules" booklet:

Raytheon chairman and chief executive William Swanson on Monday acknowledged similarities between his booklet, "Unwritten Rules," and a 1944 book by University of California at Los Angeles engineering professor W.J. King, "The Unwritten Laws of Engineering."
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Securities analyst Paul Nisbet at JSA Research said he doubted the controversy would hurt Raytheon's Wall Street performance, and noted that the company's share price climbed 1.25 percent Monday to $45.99 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Seems plagiarism pays these days.

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