You recently enrolled in an advanced class in accounting, where you are expected to work on your own for many of the assignments. The professor relies on the honor code and makes you submit a signed honor code statement with every assignment you turn in. Recently he assigned a major project that would require at least eight hours to complete. Late on the night before the assignment is due (yours is done, of course), a classmate comes to see you. He asks if he can look at what you have done so he can have a better idea of how to approach the problem. He asks to borrow your assignment for half an hour, after which he will return it and ask nothing more of you.

REQUIRED:

a. Should you agree to this request? Why or why not?

b. Does this request violate an element of the IMA Statement? If so, which one?