Huan and Lan are working on a group project of Computer Science. The project includes the design of a computer programme for a bank system, report and presentation on the design. Lan is working very hard while Huan is busy partying with friends on top of a part-time job, so Huan asks if Lan can do most of the work and he agrees to pay her $100 in return. Given the economic situation she is in as an international student, Lan agreed to do most of the work except the presentation that they both have to do together. The lecturer suspected some imbalanced contributions from those two and would make an investigation. Huan and Lan are running the risk of:
(Refer to Collaborating in group work)

Question

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Paying another student to complete most of your assessed work is contract cheating, a clear form of academic misconduct.

Relevant knowledge points and concepts:
- Academic integrity requires that students submit work that honestly reflects their own effort and understanding.
- Contract cheating: hiring or paying someone to produce assessed work for you.
- Collusion/unauthorized collaboration: misrepresenting joint work or having others contribute in ways not permitted by the instructor.
- Acceptable group work involves transparent division of tasks and truthful reporting of contributions.

Step-by-step reasoning:
1. Huan offers Lan $100 to do most of the project. That is an exchange of money for assessed academic work—classic contract cheating.
2. Lan accepts and does most of the work, while Huan contributes little (only the shared presentation). The submitted project will therefore misrepresent individual contributions.
3. The lecturer suspects imbalance and will investigate; such an investigation looks for breaches of academic integrity (e.g., evidence of outsourced work, inconsistent contribution statements, or identical writing styles).
4. Both parties are implicated: Huan for procuring illicit assistance, Lan for providing unpaid-for or sold academic work. Both actions violate most institutions’ academic misconduct policies.

Why the correct answer is correct:
This scenario meets the definition of academic misconduct because the assessed work does not accurately reflect the students’ own efforts and one student was paid to produce the work. Contract cheating and collusion undermine the assessment’s purpose and are explicitly prohibited.

Why other plausible labels are incorrect:
- “Plagiarism” usually means presenting someone else’s existing text or ideas without attribution; here the issue is outsourcing original work rather than copying published material—though contract cheating can include plagiarism if uncredited text is used.
- “Fair delegation” or “time management problem” would not apply because monetary exchange and misrepresentation elevate the matter to misconduct, not just uneven workload.

Conclusion: The correct characterization is committing an academic misconduct, which matches the provided answer.

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