30. 

You have been managing a project to write and publish 7 books. The books content was written by a team of contributing writers from your client's organization. Six of the seven books have been printed and distributed, the seventh has just been sent to the printer, and the project closeout work has begun. While walking through the office you overhear one of the writers mentioning that she made extensive use of an online source of information for the sections she wrote. When you get back to your desk you do some spot checking of this writer's work and discover that quite a bit her text was copied word for word from this information source. You are unaware of any existing agreement authorizing the use of this material on your project. What do you do?

1. Ask the writer what else she has copied and see about getting approval from the owner of the plagiarized information.

2. Notify your project stakeholders immediately.

3. Since the books have already been printed, there is no use reporting to anyone.

4. Call the printer and cancel the last book that has just been sent.

35. 

Your company took over the management of a project for another company that went out of business. To minimize disruptions related to the transition, your company hired a number of the employees from the other company. One of these employees has delivered a 300 page document a week ahead of schedule. However, while walking past his desk you notice he has a document opened on his computer with the logo of his former employer. You suspect that some of his work may have been taken from documentation that is the property of the other company. What do you do?

1. Report this to your project stakeholders immediately.

2. Determine if any materials belonging to the other company have been copied.

3. The copyright material is owned by the client, for whom you are working so this is not a copyright issue.

4. Do nothing. Because the company is now out of business, out no one now owns the copyright on that material.