Jerry Sandusky Case Study

In regards to the Jerry Sandusky and the Penn State Football Scandal every adult who worked at Penn State owed a duty of responsibility to those children who were molested in their facilities, on their campus. When you’re a staff of any kind at an educational institution I believe that the duty of the staff is to look out for the students and to protect them. Students and guests at the campus are supposed to be safe, not preyed upon or abused. Unfortunately for Penn State, a very well-known school, the actions of one speak for the whole institution. I don’t necessarily believe that everyone is responsible for another person’s actions, because sometimes secrets are kept really well and no one truly knows what’s going on. However, in this Jerry Sandusky case I do believe that the rest of the coaches are responsible for Sandusky’s actions …show more content…
The athletic director Tim Curley and Joe Paterno, head football coach at the time, worked closely with Sandusky, heard allegations, and failed to report the suspected child abuse. They failed to maintain the duty they had to have a safe environment on campus for students by not pressuring an investigation and allowing Sandusky to continue working there. Paterno himself said before he passed away, “With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” Everyone around Gerald “Jerry” Sandusky could have done so much more. I believe it was their duty to further investigate, or to at least report the allegations. In my opinion, everyone around Sandusky was just either looking out for him, themselves or for the reputation of the school. No one took action and therefore failed to protect the young victims that didn’t necessarily attend Penn State, and their own