Faculty Mentor

Question 1

Case1:

You are a faculty mentor for a graduate student in your department. The student is taking some classes in another department that requires written essays. He asks you to read his essay before he submits it. You routinely google his work and discover that large parts have been lifted, verbatim, from the web with no quotation marks or citations.

1-Did the student in this case commit plagiarism?

2-In your own words define what plagiarism is?

3-What should you do?

4-Is there a way to monitor this student’s future behavior without irreparably damaging his career?

Question 2

1. Read the case SouthernToroCase.pdf
2. Begin the written report with a summary of the critical operations or supply chain management issues in the case.
3. Prepare answers to case questions at the end of the case.
4. Identify any other operations or supply chain management issues found in the case.
5. Recommend alternative courses of action to resolve the issues identified.
   Focus primarily on issues related to chapter readings in this part (Introduction, Process, Quality, Capacity, Inventory)
6. Proofread your report and submit it for consideration.

Follow up question:

• Identify any points where your analysis differs from that proposed in the Case Analysis. Justify your position based on operations and supply chain management concepts or different interpretation of facts in the case.
• Or if all of your solutions and recommendations were in alignment with the Case Analysis, bring up other issues you found not addressed in the case questions or identified in the Case Analysis.