According to the university's charter, a student should be expelled for academic misconduct if, and only if, the student either plagiarized a core degree requirement or repeatedly cheated on exams. However, the expulsion should be waived if the student confesses voluntarily before an investigation begins, provided that the student did not coerce others into participating in the misconduct.
Which of the following judgments conforms most closely to the principle stated above?
- Marcus plagiarized his senior thesis, a core degree requirement. He confessed voluntarily to the dean before any investigation began, but he had forced his roommate to write the thesis for him. Therefore, the university should expel Marcus.Cevap
- BNina forced several classmates into plagiarizing their core degree requirements, though she submitted original work herself and never cheated on exams. Because of this severe coercion, the university should expel her.
- CSarah repeatedly cheated on exams and did not coerce anyone else into cheating. She confessed to the misconduct after a professor confronted her with evidence. Therefore, her expulsion should be waived.
- DThe university expelled Rachel for academic misconduct. Therefore, Rachel must not have voluntarily confessed to the misconduct before an investigation began.
- EMaria voluntarily confessed to repeatedly cheating on exams before any investigation began. She also proved that another student had coerced her into doing it. Therefore, her expulsion should be waived.
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The judgment concluding that Marcus should be expelled, because his coercion of his roommate invalidates the waiver he would have otherwise received.
The principle establishes that plagiarizing a core requirement is a sufficient ground for expulsion. While a voluntary confession before an investigation normally triggers a waiver, this waiver is explicitly blocked if the student coerced others. In this scenario, the student met the ground for expulsion, and his coercion of his roommate means the waiver does not apply. Thus, the conclusion that he should be expelled is a logically perfect application of the rules.
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Applying complex conditional rules with overrides and exceptions