Question

Use your understanding of ethical behavior to complete the sentence. Your friend Patrick just told you that he is copying essays he finds on the Internet and turning them into the professor as his own work.You are confronting _________________ because Patrick is committing plagiarism but school regulations do not require you to report him.

Answer 1

An ethical issue

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Wikipedia, plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.

Patrick is committing plagiarism which is dishonesty and against good moral ethics.