Imagine you are a teaching assistant. your student mary came to talk to you during office hours, saying that she saw jim, another student from your class, cheating on the last exam. question what would you do in this situation? what are the possible pros and cons associated with your decision?

In the case proposed by the paragraph, knowing that Jim cheated in the exam, I would call him for a pleasantly informal talk, next would introduce the issue about the traps, the bad actions that they are and the consequences that have a person when do this, I wouldn't mention his particular case but would expect him to be considered and change his actions in subsequent examinations.

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Explanation:

When a person take a decission about other, how an student or another, must have a lot of tact because the person, more if suddenly a child, could suffer instead of getting a positive message.

an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.