Thanks for all your advice -- much appreciated and an interesting 
discussion. I just received the following email from the instructor:"It 
turns out that the Academic Integrity Workshop that the students must 
attend includes the following on the list of offences: "Submitting a 
piece of work which includes major sections from previous work, without 
the permission of all instructors involved."

Interesting how we provide so much instruction, so many guidelines etc, 
that most of us haven't a clue ultimately what has and has not been 
taught. But the scatter shot approach clearly works -- there may well be 
something there for all situations.

Sally
Virginia G Maurer wrote:
> I'd treat it as an uncompleted assignment and ask them to write a paper, not turn in one they've already submitted for credit elsewhere. The point o f writing papers is to learn something, not to satisfy some professor's personal need for papers.
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> From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Sally Gunz
> Sent: Thu 4/15/2010 11:32 AM
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> Subject: Quick question
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> Quick question for a colleague:
>
> A student is doing a research paper. Turnitin shows a huge overlap with
> another paper -- that student's own other paper with no citation to that
> paper.
>
>  From your perspectives, what, if any, academic offences have been
> committed? Further, is it of any relevance that the students were not
> specifically told that they could not submit something that has already
> been accepted for academic credit elsewhere? Please note, masters level
> student.
>
> Sally
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