Criminal Justice: Appropriate Or Dishonest?

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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…show more content…
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

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