Ethical Dilemma

 

Step1: The problem

    While our department was grading the end-of-year tests, the coordinator accused a teacher of holding a pencil and modifying a student’s answer. She filed a report with the director and her deputy. The coordinator wanted to insult the teacher as much as she could, all because of previous disagreements they had had. 

Step2: Actors

  1. Teacher
  2. Team members (team members are a party to the situation because they are responsible for stating the truth, responsible for testifying to the truth. Did their colleague actually do that or not?). 
  3. coordinator
  4.  the boss
  5. vice president

Step3: Test for right-versus-wrong issues

    The coordinator accused the teacher, Linda, of modifying a student's answer, and she has no evidence of that! The coordinator protested that she saw Linda sitting alone holding the envelope of the class she was teaching, but the staff (the rest of the teachers) denied this and said that Linda did not leave the students’ papers alone. It is true that we must not violate the law, and teachers must abide by the specific laws, but on the other hand, there is a deviation from the truth, and there is an error in describing the reality of the situation, and all of this is because the coordinator wants to harm the teacher, Linda, the monkey of her ability. The coordinator’s position indicates a deviation from ethical norms, as she must be objective and fair in dealing with team members, without trying to harm teachers whom she does not like or agree with.

Step4: Right vs Right

    Now: From the coordinator’s point of view, she must work sincerely, achieve justice, and reject any mistake that involves cheating, as Teacher Linda did, according to the coordinator’s statement.

    On the other hand, regardless of whether the coordinator's claim is false and unjust, from my personal point of view: If teacher Linda did this, I will advise her and forbid her to do so, because if the matter reaches the administration and proves its truth, teacher Linda loses her job and is her source of livelihood.


These problems always occur when the organization's criterion for accepting a person in a coordination position is nationality. There are more important criteria that should be taken into account instead of nationality, such as: leadership skills, social skills and ethics.

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