Matt and his best friend Sam were taking a psychology class together. Their instructor had assigned a series of ten shor

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Matt and his best friend Sam were taking a psychology classtogether. Their instructor had assigned a series of ten shortpapers for each student and noted that the combined scoreswould be calculated as a regular test grade. Matt and Samdecided to work together on one of the papers, but each turned in aseparate paper for a grade. Their instructor noticed rather quicklythat the two papers were almost identical, using the same examplesand wording throughout. The only minor differences were in thefonts, the title of each paper, and the type of animal referencedin one of the examples. The instructor gave each of the students azero for his work. Matt and Sam explained that since they had bothworked on the paper, they should both get credit for the work, andthat they had done nothing wrong. What ethical issues do you see inthis experience? What could Matt and Sam have done to avoid theconsequence of a grade of zero? What could the instructor have doneto make the assignment clearer?