<p>Please forgive me if this point has been addressed; I had an ethical lapse and didn’t feel like wading through 180 posts, so here goes:</p>
<p>If this practice isn’t mentioned in the honor code, then there should be no penalty. Period. And frankly, shame on the instructor for an assignment that makes this outcome possible. </p>
<p>If it is mentioned, then the school should give the benefit of the doubt to the student; unless they have every reason to believe the student should know this is a violation.</p>
<p>Is the practice a bad habit, and a needless compromise of one’s quality of education? Of course. Students shouldn’t clone their own work. It’s a teachable moment. But not, on its face, unethical.</p>