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It seems to me that this could be entrapment in the sense that by putting the exam on the site the professor may have created the perception that it was trivial
by harimau777 3y ago
It seems to me that this could be entrapment in the sense that by putting the exam on the site the professor may have created the perception that it was trivially easy to cheat. That could cause a student who normally wouldn't cheat to decide to do so because they felt that it was necessary in order to stay competitive.
- theamk 3y agoA student who normally wouldn't cheat is not going to go site designing for cheaters, and would not be searching for their finals there. Heck, in my entire college carrier I didn't even know such sites existed. If professor (or TA) made announcement along the lines of "Don't go to Quizlet and don't download my past exams from there", maybe you'd have a point.. but they did not.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoAh, but those sites are often the top Search results if you search for a distinctive phrase from the assignments. The student may not pay for access, but they will certainly be presented with tantalizing snippets of many solutions. And many of those solutions are bad ones. They may contain B.S., wrong answers, and things students didn't learn with the class resources. If you copy/paste one of the solutions, you may evade detection and earn a "C".
- tptacek 3y agoThat's not "entrapment". If all it takes for you to commit an offense is the perception that other people are doing it too, you're predisposed and require no coercion, and thus culpable. Just to be absolutely clear: it doesn't matter; even if it was "entrapment", it's not necessarily unethical. Plenty of western countries don't recognize entrapment defenses. But it's also just not entrapment.