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Read
the below scenario and answer the following questions.
Maria works full time and has two young children. After careful consideration,
she decides to return to school to earn a degree in Early Childhood Education.
Though she is enrolled in an online university (which is more convenient than a
traditional school setting), she is still overwhelmed because of the new
demands on her time. She has been trying to balance staying late at work,
taking care of her kids, and working on school assignments. Because she has so
much to do, Maria has put off working on her final paper, thinking each night,
“I’ll get to it tomorrow.” Finally, she confides in a friend that she is too
tired to write the paper and she doesn't know what to do. Her friend tells her
about a company that writes papers for students. Maria goes online to check it
out because, at this point, she is willing to do whatever it takes to just get
the course over with. She decides to pay to have her paper written just this
once so that she can get through this busy and stressful time.
Questions
- How is this student's behavior
academically dishonest?
- Is it ever acceptable to use
someone else's work as your own?
- What should this student have
done in this situation?
- What consequences could she
face if it was found that she did this?
- In what ways might others be
negatively impacted by this student’s dishonest behavior (e.g., other
students, the instructor, the university, or her children)?
