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Can you apply one, two or all three moral theories to the cases? Use the word doc template to complete report? 3 pages
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A Tale of Two Cheaters
Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2013
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**DISCLAIMER: All characters and scenarios in this post are fictional.**
Rebecca is a freshman this year, and the transition from high school to college has been pretty academically difficult for her. She has always been an excellent student, however, so she takes the challenge in stride.
After turning in a final paper for one of her English classes, Rebecca receives an e-mail from her professor informing her that she has failed the class. Rebecca can’t believe it—perhaps she put less effort into this paper than her others, but she certainly didn’t produce F-quality work! She immediately responds and asks why. Her professor informs Rebecca that she had included a paragraph in her paper that was copied and pasted verbatim from an online source, and that Rebecca had failed to provide a citation. The professor then refers Rebecca to the section on academic integrity in the course syllabus, which clearly states that any student found plagiarizing will fail the course.
At the same university that week, Nick wraps up his first round of sophomore year exams. He’s thrilled to be heading home for break after an extremely tough quarter, and is pretty happy with his grades as they begin showing up online. However, he notices he received a C in a class that he was expecting a solid A in, and e-mails his professor to ask why. His professor responds that she found several instances of plagiarism in his final paper, so he failed his final assignment, and that affected his final grade. She also notes that this is consistent with her policy on academic integrity as stated in her syllabus.
Ultimately, for similar acts of plagiarism at the same school, Rebecca and Nick suffer very different consequences. Rebecca fails a course, while Nick fails a final paper. Is this fair? Should schools force faculty to have the same policy about plagiarism across the board, or should it be up to the faculty’s discretion? What would be a fair punishment?
Useful Resources
Cheating on College Campuses
Framework for Ethical Decision-Making
Academic Integrity Protocol
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Robert · Accepted Answer

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Name:  xxxxxxxxx  
Date:   22 August, 2013  
Course:   HUM 225 Ethics 
Title:  A Tale of Two Cheaters
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Description of case 
 
Given case discusses about two students Rebecca and Nick, who are studying in same university. 
According to the given case study, Rebecca got failed in a subject because she has copied pasted 
certain section of her report from online sources without providing references for the same. On 
the other side, Nick another student also does the same act but has passed the paper with lower 
grades (Wilson, 2013). Despite of doing the same mistake both the students have been punished 
differently; this raises the question on the fairness of the academic policy of the college.   
Facts and assumptions 
 
Major facts and assumption of the case are as follow; 
 Two students were punished differently for the same act of plagiarism 
 In the case of Rebecca, it was mentioned that in her paper only one paragraph was copied 
and she has been failed in the paper 
 In the case of Nick, it was method that teacher found several instances of plagiarism and 
he was given C grade for this reason  
 Fact according to Academic Integrity policy of the institute  
Moral principles, values and character traits at stake 
 
Ethical theories helps in deciding between right and wrong; it is difficult to provide a single 
ethical theory as it varies from person to person based on their belief and value system. It can be 
based on different parameters such as culture, religion, law, education etc; these standards have 
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set five different ethical theories of decision making such as Utilitarian Approach, Rights 
Approach, Justice Approach, Common Good Approach and the virtue approach.  To make right 
judgment, it is crucial to evaluate the moral consistency of the scenario,

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