Kate has her brother’s assignment from two years ago. Kate is doing the same unit and the assignment question is very similar. She has done the background reading, completed the experiment and analysed her results, but has not yet started writing the report - and it’s due tomorrow. Kate adapts her brother’s introduction, making sure to paraphrase his words, substitutes her own results and calculations, and alters the discussion accordingly. Which of the following statements is true?

A major assignment is due but Ben didn’t have time to write it because he had to work extra shifts at his part-time job. Ben really needs a good mark for this assignment in order to pass the unit. His friend got a good mark for the same assignment last year and offers to let Ben copy his assignment. Is it academically honest to accept this offer?