gundrukbhaat,

Without knowing the detail of your assignment, I cannot say whether there was a breach of conduct or not, but just because some of your colleagues are too competitive or they ask their uncle for  help in the exam questions, which you were supposed to do on your own, does not mean that you should resort to unfair practices.

Look, I am not "basking in the glory of their (my) morality"--whatever that means, and I don't claim myself to have an outstdaning morality. I am just a normal (I hope) human being, with my own flaws, as much anyone else. But, I have seen people get into trouble for plagiarizing or resorting to unfair practices in exams. Few people I knew, who were in the last semester in their senior year, were kicked out from the school just because they cheated on exams. My only hope is that you, and some others in this forum who want to COPY  a whole essay or for that matter even a paragraph, do not meet the same fate!!