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From: kens@hpldorp.HP.COM (Ken Shrum)
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Subject: Re: Cheating on Programming Assignments
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Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 13:46:48 EST
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With regard to `fractional cheating' - the manner in which a student
performs/completes an assignment is either in accordance with
instructions or not.  I see no gray area.  If the student isn't
supposed to get outside help, use literature references, use
non-textbook references, etc.  and then proceeds to anyway then
cheating has occurred.

Taking a class multiple times (regardless of where), having better
background knowledge, or being able to spend additional time on the
class is neither cheating nor an unfair advantage over other students.

Education is a preparation for life afterwards, whether in academia or
industry.  Plagiarism, falsification of experiment results and taking
credit for another's work have much more serious consequences in these
realms than merely being expelled.

	Ken Shrum
	hplabs!hpldola!kens

As a closing note, it rather bothers me that people are looking for an
exact definition of what is cheating and what is not.  Is this so that
they can abide by the letter of the law yet cheat anyway by finding
loopholes?  We're talking personal integrity here, folks.

	"You shall not take unfair advantage of any member of the Caltech
community." - The Caltech honor code -  not an excerpt, the whole thing.