Marty Is Having Problems Coming Up with an Idea for a Speech.He

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Marty is having problems coming up with an idea for a speech.He knows his fraternity keeps files of old tests,papers,and speeches and decides to look through these for an idea.He finds a great speech about bats,their value to ecology,and their habitat.He likes this speech so much that he decides to use it largely intact but goes to the Internet to update the sources.Which of the following statements best describes this situation?

• A)This is an ethical violation known as plagiarism.
• B)This is a violation of individual's freedom of speech.
• C)This is not plagiarism because the fraternity's files are general knowledge.
• D)This is not plagiarism,because he updated the speech.

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