Background information:
In this case, an individual was sanctioned for unintentional plagiarism and cheating by discussing programming code with others ended up causing groups of people to have similar codes and formats.
Please also refer to the attached Commencement Address entitled “Failure and Rescue” by Atul Gawande.

Respond to the following questions in essay format.
(1) Identify how risk, failure, and rescue played (and continue to play) a role in the violation for which the individual was sanctioned.
(2) Gawande writes “But the only failure is the failure to rescue something.” Apply this lesson to the above-mentioned situation.
(3) Is taking a risk with personal values and ethics something that can be rescued? If so, explain how. If not, explain why.

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