Scenario #2: Mr. Williams is a senior Sociology student at a large university. He is an excellent student with a 4.0 gra
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:04 am
Scenario #2: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 was taking an internship course during his finalsemester. The course syllabus stated that students needed tocomplete 90 hours of work where they were interning, among otherrequirements, in order to pass the course. Mr. Williams’ internshipsupervisor knew how hard he had worked the last four yearsmaintaining his 4.0 grade point average. As a reward for theexcellent work that Mr. Williams had already contributed during theinternship, his supervisor told him not to worry about theremaining 20 hours of work he had left to finish and that he wouldmention in his evaluation to the internship course professor thatMr. Williams did all 90 hours. Mr. Williams was hesitant to goalong with this, but eventually agreed to it since his supervisorcame up with the suggestion and he didn’t want to offend him byturning down the offer. Did Mr. Williams act in an ethical mannerin this situation?
No, because even though he didn’t suggest the idea himself, Mr.Williams was aware that one of the course requirements emphasized90 hours and that was what the professor expected students tocomplete.
Yes, because the supervisor is in a good position to give Mr.Williams an excellent letter of recommendation, so it was best notto disagree with the supervisor.
Yes, because excellent students like Mr. Williams deserve abreak once in awhile.
None of the above.
Mr. Williams was taking an internship course during his finalsemester. The course syllabus stated that students needed tocomplete 90 hours of work where they were interning, among otherrequirements, in order to pass the course. Mr. Williams’ internshipsupervisor knew how hard he had worked the last four yearsmaintaining his 4.0 grade point average. As a reward for theexcellent work that Mr. Williams had already contributed during theinternship, his supervisor told him not to worry about theremaining 20 hours of work he had left to finish and that he wouldmention in his evaluation to the internship course professor thatMr. Williams did all 90 hours. Mr. Williams was hesitant to goalong with this, but eventually agreed to it since his supervisorcame up with the suggestion and he didn’t want to offend him byturning down the offer. Did Mr. Williams act in an ethical mannerin this situation?
No, because even though he didn’t suggest the idea himself, Mr.Williams was aware that one of the course requirements emphasized90 hours and that was what the professor expected students tocomplete.
Yes, because the supervisor is in a good position to give Mr.Williams an excellent letter of recommendation, so it was best notto disagree with the supervisor.
Yes, because excellent students like Mr. Williams deserve abreak once in awhile.
None of the above.