Yes, your friend may receive consequences, which "could involve redoing work, receiving a failing grade on the assignment, or imprisonment" (Goldstein), but you are actually helping them build learnings, experiences and ultimately a good reputation for their future. Whether at work or school, your friends must actually learn the concepts and materials and understand them well, in order for them to perform a successful task. Some people might think that you are someone who would snitch on everyone, but some students might actually be grateful. Dishonest people will receive consequences for cheating and will hopefully refrain from that habit and realize that life doesn't work along with their cheating methods. In conclusion, cheating is a dishonest action and its effects could have a tremendous impact on other people around. Warning authority figures about dishonest actions can help motivate students to learn subjects thoroughly and build meaningful life experiences. Even though we may lose a friendship, in the long run friends will be grateful to us, because who knows if they are in a situation where they actually need to use their knowledge, in the world of work they find themselves in.