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PSY 202 - Week 4 - DQ 3

PSY 202 - Week 4 - DQ 3

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Read the scenarios below and answer the following questions.

Scenario 1

Arthur is a busy man, juggling his family, work, and course work for a Criminal Justice degree. While working as a

security guard, he learns that a coworker is also taking online classes in criminal justice. After a long night of work,

Arthur remembers he still has to complete his discussion posts that evening in order to meet the deadline. He tells his

friend about being tired and not wanting to go home and do school work. The friend offers to email Arthur the notes

and discussion posts that he used when he took the same course about three months ago. Arthur thinks his friend’s

posts sounds better than what he could write on his own. He is not sure if it is right to copy his friend's work, so he

decides to change the wording a little bit. He copies and pastes this into his discussion forum, logs off his computer,

and settles on the couch to watch television.

Scenario 2

Michael is a soldier currently deployed in Afghanistan for 12 months. While on deployment, he is able to take online

courses toward a Political Science degree. One night, after coming back from patrol, Michael remembers that he has

to submit his discussion post. The tent with the Internet connection is far away from his quarters and the time it will

take to get there, write the post, and come back will cut into some much needed sleep. Michael knows from his

reading that the post is very similar to one he wrote few classes back. Michael, who cares deeply about acting with

honor, does not think that this would be dishonest because the work was all his own and for the same university.

Michael decides to copy his post from the previous course and reuse it for his current one, making very few

modifications.

Questions

• Are Arthur and Michael in compliance with Ashford University's Honor Code? Discuss each situation.

• Was Arthur’s friend breaching the Ashford University Honor Code and why?

• What should each of these individuals have done instead?

• Is it acceptable to reuse the exact same work you submitted to a previous class without obtaining the

permission of the instructor? Why or why not?

Your initial response should be 150-200 words in length and is due by Thursday, Day 3. Respond to at least two of

your classmates’ posts by Monday, Day 7. (You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a

minimum of three posts for this discussion.)

I do not believe neither Arthur nor Michael is in compliance with Ashford University’s

Honor Code. Arthur is just completely cheating by using someone else’s

work. Everyone runs low on steam and feels like they cannot complete all their tasks at

times. Even with Arthur changing up wording it is still just using someone else’s work. It

is wrong. Michael is not copying anyone’s work, but it is not an original post he is

offering. It is work he has used previously in another course. It is hard to be in a

situation where you work all day and have to do an assignment afterwards, but time

management is ideal in these times.

Arthur’s friend is also in breach of the honor code. He is offering his own work to

allow someone to cheat from. He knows as well as Arthur does that is not fair for

anyone. It hurts them academically and it is not fair to the class either.

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Read the scenarios below and answer the following questions.? Scenario 1 Arthur is a busy man, juggling his family, work, and course work for a Criminal Justice degree. While working as a security guard, he learns that a coworker is also taking online classes in criminal justice. After a long night of work, Arthur remembers he still has to complete his discussion posts that evening in order to meet the deadline. He tells his friend about being tired and not wanting to go home and do school work. The friend offers to email Arthur the notes and discussion posts that he used when he took the sam ...
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