...I send a friend a copy of my essay I did last semester?
I took a class last semester that was pretty difficult and this semester one of my good friends from school is taking it as well. She just asked me if I could send her my essay that I did last semester because she wants to see how I wrote it. I even told her not to copy it and I included in the email that I'm only sending it so she could use it as an example and I don't want her copying off of it. Hypothetically speaking, if she did just submit my assignment as her own and the dean finds out will I be held accountable too? Just curious, I'm graduating college in a couple of weeks and I don't want to get held back because of this B.S.

Originally posted by PinkBox Normally, yes, you will be held accountable.

Originally posted by cancer but why? I'm not the one who plagiarized.

Originally posted by Phil If you don't trust her why did you send her your essay? Anyway... I don't think so. If she really ends up doing it, you have proof you never encouraged her to copy

Originally posted by Citrus You'd be held accountable in some way. I'm on an academic misconduct board and they take that **** seriously.

Originally posted by 8thPrince Yes, you'll be held accountable. Demand to see the essay before she submits it, if it worries you. Academic integrity includes students not enabling other students to cheat, if it's avoidable.

Originally posted by cancer If I defend myself and prove that I never sent it to encourage her to cheat will they let me off the hook?

Originally posted by KareBear Yes you can get in trouble too for giving it to her, even if you didnt intend for her to copy it. My brother sent his friend his essay once to help him get some ideas, the professor found out(i guess it was too similar idk) and penalized them both.

I already passed the class with a B+
All I care about is that it won't hurt my chance of graduating.

I'm just a very paranoid person, if I find out something I start stressing out and become paranoid until I get some closure.

I reacted in a similar way when I thought I had contracted HIV just by making out with some guy I went in for a 1 week check up, a 3 month check up, and a 6 month check up My results came out negative
The doctors started making fun of me

Originally posted by Citrus I don't think it would be anything life-ruining if you had explicit instructions that she shouldn't copy and it's just to help as a reference. We had a sorta similar situation w/a girl showing her friend a code sequence for "guidance" in a programming class and the friend copied. Iirc the girl got a retroactive 0 on the assignment and her course grade was adjusted accordingly. For her it didn't really change the GPA at all though.