Theo Drakos is a first-year graduate student in the department
of electrical engineering enrolled in an advanced course in digital
circuit design. The course director has announced a major
assignment, which accounts for a portion of the final grade. The
assignment is due in 3 weeks and requires a costly software
application program that the students were required to purchase for
use in the course. At the time the assignment was announced, Theo
had not yet bought the software program. Although the software
package is available in the university bookstore, an online vendor
is selling the exact same software package at a 50% discount off
the university bookstore price. Theo is lured by the attractive
price and places an order online. Because the order processing and
shipment take 10 to 14 days, Theo convinces his classmate Lana
Karim to let him load her copy of the software onto his laptop so
he can complete his assignment. He’s concerned that the delay in
getting his own copy of the software will compromise his ability to
successfully complete the assignment. Lana is fine with this
arrangement and allows Theo to use her diskette and serial number
to install a functional copy of the program. They both agree that
he will delete her copy of the software and replaceit with his
newly purchased version as soon as it arrives. Comment on the legal
and ethical implications of this scenario in terms of both Theo’s
and Lana’s actions.
2. Does this scenario involve either a copyright or
academic honor code violation?
Theo Drakos is a first-year graduate student in the department of electrical engineering enrolled in an advanced course
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