You're working on a group project for your Intro to Programming class. Your team is building a simple app that helps students find study partners on campus. As you work on the project, several situations come up that make you think about what's the "right thing to do" as a computer science student.
Your teammate copied code from the internet for the login system but doesn't understand how it works. When your professor asks about it during a demo, your teammate asks you to explain it. According to the ACM Code of Ethics, what should you do?

Question

You're working on a group project for your Intro to Programming class. Your team is building a simple app that helps students find study partners on campus. As you work on the project, several situations come up that make you think about what's the "right thing to do" as a computer science student.

Your teammate copied code from the internet for the login system but doesn't understand how it works. When your professor asks about it during a demo, your teammate asks you to explain it. According to the ACM Code of Ethics, what should you do?

Answer

Blame your teammate for not learning the code

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Honestly say that the code came from online resources and you're still learning how it works

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Explain the code as if your teammate wrote it to help them look good

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Change the subject to avoid the question

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