Question

For a class assignment that students are to complete individually, Student A and Student B decide to collaborate. Student A compiles research notes while Student B identifies the main findings. Both write their own original research papers, and neither cite the other's work. Is this:
-Unethical collaboration
-Plagiarism
-Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism
-Acceptable collaboration

Answer 1

Answer: -Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism

Explanation:

Plagiarism refers to no giving credit when credit is due, like collecting information from someone else and presenting it as our own.

Unethical collaboration happens when students work together but then present written work as if only one of them worked on it.

In this example, not only the students decide to collaborate on an assignment they know is supposed to be done individually, but also neither of them cites the other's work.