The values of honesty and fairness are competing with accomplishment and wanting to retain the relationship with the person offering the exam solutions. For example, in the current case, many values are in conflict. Ethics emerges when values come into conflict. Understanding the values at work in the ethical issue is key. For example, for the current example, systemic issues could be how could the answer key become available in the first place or is the student who obtained the answers and trying to share them isolated and using the situation to gain friends. Such factors include things like what is motivating the behaviors of the stakeholders like conflicts of interest, what levels of influence do certain stakeholders have over others, what stakeholders are powerful and what systemic issues are involved that may be involved with the ethical issue but not directly in sight. When thinking about the stakeholders and collective situation, you need to be aware of situational factors that may be in play. But what about your parents, family, others who may change their opinion of you if they find out, and even yourself as what if you then do not study and actually do not have the knowledge and skills the work would provide you that you will need for the next section or course? Following the example above, you may already be thinking about the stakeholders like your friends who were not offered the exam solutions or the teacher who may find out. That's why it is fine and sometimes needed to just stop and not make a decision until you are ready. Identifying stakeholders can be complex as it is easy to miss some at the moment a decision is needed. These framings can reduce the moral intensity. When your moral radar sounds the alarm that it may not be right to take it since it would not right and you refuse, they may say things like “several other students are using it" or “students do this all the time" or “you have to do what is necessary to get the best grade – don't you want to get into college?".
Wanting to make friends, he or she tries to share it with you. Do you know all you need to know to make a decision? Is what you know true? Is the information distorted or has the situation been framed in some way to obscure or downplay the ethical issue? What questions need to be asked? What are the larger issues? What is influencing the situation? For example, a student may have found the answer key to an exam. This is an indication that more analysis is needed.įacts can be elusive. It is when you see something happening and it feels wrong. Fortunately, most people have some level of ethics built in. When things are happening, you want to ask, is this ethical. You can miss a lot if you are not looking for it.
It is like having someone show you the keys on a piano and explaining a sheet of music then asking you to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.Ī bit of discussion on the process can help.
No one becomes good at singing, playing an instrument or sport, or solving math or science problems without understanding how it's done and spending a lot of time doing it.
Like any skill, however, proficiency requires an understanding of the technique and a lot of practice. Like do I cheat on that test, lie to my parents, or follow along when someone asks me to do something I know is wrong. Some decisions have much deeper consequences. Do I finish this assignment, take that class, go to that party, chose that college, etc. Change in your life for the better or worse happens at decision points. What is an ethical decision-making framework?Įthical decision making may be the most important skill you develop in your life.
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