Mr. Williams is a senior Sociology student at a large university. He is an excellent student with a 4.0 grade point aver
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Mr. Williams is a senior Sociology student at a largeuniversity. He is an excellent student with a 4.0 grade pointaverage hoping to graduate with highest honors. Below are somesituations he is facing in his last year that include ethicaldecision-making. Please select the ethically correct answer in eachcase.
Mr. Williams had a test on Wednesday morning, but some of hisfriends wanted to take him out the night before to celebrate hisbirthday. Mr. Williams agreed to go for awhile, but planned onstudying later on for the quiz. He ended up losing track of timeand realized he was too tired to study later that night. Mr.Williams was very worried about losing his A average, so hisfriends told him to just tell the professor that he was sick thenight before the test and didn’t have a chance to study. Mr.Williams knew that the professor was pretty flexible about thesekinds of things, but decided against it and took the test anyway.Did Mr. Williams act in an ethical manner in this case?
No, because he should have known better than to go out andcelebrate his birthday the night before an quiz.
No, because he will likely not do well on the quiz, jeopardizinghis straight-A average.
Yes, because even though he went out to celebrate his birthdaythe night before an quiz, he didn’t lie about having a legitimateexcuse to miss the quiz in accordance with the professor’srules.
None of the above.
Mr. Williams had a test on Wednesday morning, but some of hisfriends wanted to take him out the night before to celebrate hisbirthday. Mr. Williams agreed to go for awhile, but planned onstudying later on for the quiz. He ended up losing track of timeand realized he was too tired to study later that night. Mr.Williams was very worried about losing his A average, so hisfriends told him to just tell the professor that he was sick thenight before the test and didn’t have a chance to study. Mr.Williams knew that the professor was pretty flexible about thesekinds of things, but decided against it and took the test anyway.Did Mr. Williams act in an ethical manner in this case?
No, because he should have known better than to go out andcelebrate his birthday the night before an quiz.
No, because he will likely not do well on the quiz, jeopardizinghis straight-A average.
Yes, because even though he went out to celebrate his birthdaythe night before an quiz, he didn’t lie about having a legitimateexcuse to miss the quiz in accordance with the professor’srules.
None of the above.