Socially Stealing

In one of the many classes I take, we learn about business ethics. Now, in order to know business ethics we studied the common ethics or morals which are taught in societies around the world. We all know the commandment, "Thou shalt not steal" and most of us abide by the commandment. We know stealing is wrong, and it shouldn't be done (in an Utopia society). When my professor brought up the different types of stealing I was puzzled. There are different types of stealing? What's so difficult to understand? Turns out there is a stealing category of stealing knowledge. Example: In a given high school, three students are applying to a select ivy league college. Only two out of three students from that particular high school can get accepted. They all maintain the same extra circulars with the same GPA, and come from the same ethnicity. There is nothing setting them apart from one another besides the SAT. Comes down to SAT time and the three applicants take the SAT together. One of the three cheat off someone else's paper, and get a much higher mark ergo getting one of the two spots in the college. That is considered stealing knowledge. "Cheater" clearly stole another one of the applicants spots. Think about it: this is wrong, plain and simple. It sounds like clear cheating. Now take it in retrospect: if you were a bystander in this SAT and you clearly saw the cheater "stealing" answers. Would you say something? After all, if you don't say something you are just as guilty as the cheater. If you say something, you are considered a rat and in social settings today, a rat is not a great association and an adjective people want adjacent to their names. What would you do? Would you resist your urges and your morals and shut up? Would you speak out on behalf of the person the cheater is cheating off of? Do you not consider this cheating? I want to hear from you. Don't be shy. THEbathtubphilosopher@gmail.com