Case Study Gordie

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On September 17th, 2004, a freshman of the University of Colorado at Boulder was found dead at a fraternity house. Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. or known as “Gordie” was discovered dead at the Chi Psi Fraternity house at the university. Gordie was pledging for membership for the fraternity along with twenty-six other pledges. They all became part of a ritual of the fraternity where they were forced to drink excessive amounts of alcohol following racial slurs to be written on them. To begin the ritual, all pledges where blindfolded and taken to Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest where they were forced to consume four handles of alcohol. As a result, Gordie returned to the fraternity house highly intoxicated, and fell asleep on a couch. When Gordie was found the next morning, he was face down on the floor and was not responsive. When authorities found him, his blood-alcohol level was 0.328, which concluded that the alcohol shut down his central nervous system. …show more content…
He wants to pledge for a frat and is approached by hazing which the other frat members consider to be “initiation”. It is ethically wrong for Gordie to begin to participate with the initiation because it involves consuming alcohol. Gordie is a freshman which indicates that he is not of age. Gordy’s dilemma is considered to be a legal and inefficient. This entire situation can be damaging to everyone involved with this including the university. If Gordie choose not to pledge and not go on with the initiation, he would still be alive. Now that this has happened, it most likely has carried damage towards the Chi Psi Fraternity house, the family of Gordie and the university. Gordy’s family has now had to cope with the death of their son and the university will have to find those who were part of the hazing and take disciplinary action against

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