The ethical dilemma in our case study is whether or not it is ethical for Professor Fuller to punish Johnny based solely on Jane’s word, a student she has had past problems of academic dishonesty with. Professor Fuller has to decide, among many other factors, whether or not to trust what Jane is saying. Jane only told Professor Fuller because she wanted revenge against Johnny for causing her to fail the midterm. That incident hurts Jane’s credibility and Professor Fuller’s trust in her. Johnny, also, simply told Jane about his selling the exams on the anonymous website, OneClass.com. (OneClass, 2014) as an apology for accusing her of cheating on the midterm. The main reason that Johnny is selling these tests is because it was the only opportunity
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This will allow Johnny to continue paying for school and for the rest of the students, who bought the test, to cheat and go unpunished. This decision would be considered preconventional based on Kohlberg’s theories of moral development. At the preconventional level, “moral code is shaped by the standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules”(McLeod, 2011). If Professor Fuller does not take any action and lets Johnny proceed on with selling copies of the exam, he is doing good for the general public and in the end he will be rewarded with a good exam …show more content…
She could get school officials involved, who then could look online for the website where the tests are being sold. If they find anything pertaining to Johnny selling the exams, Professor Fuller would have stronger evidence against Johnny which would make punishing him more ethical. Based on Kohlberg’s theories of moral development, making this decision would place Professor Fuller in the conventional stage. Kohlberg explains that in the conventional stage, people will maintain a standard for the group they belong to (McLeod, 2011). Professor Fuller will maintain the standard for her group by making sure she is punishing the right person, and not an innocent
This will allow Johnny to continue paying for school and for the rest of the students, who bought the test, to cheat and go unpunished. This decision would be considered preconventional based on Kohlberg’s theories of moral development. At the preconventional level, “moral code is shaped by the standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules”(McLeod, 2011). If Professor Fuller does not take any action and lets Johnny proceed on with selling copies of the exam, he is doing good for the general public and in the end he will be rewarded with a good exam …show more content…
She could get school officials involved, who then could look online for the website where the tests are being sold. If they find anything pertaining to Johnny selling the exams, Professor Fuller would have stronger evidence against Johnny which would make punishing him more ethical. Based on Kohlberg’s theories of moral development, making this decision would place Professor Fuller in the conventional stage. Kohlberg explains that in the conventional stage, people will maintain a standard for the group they belong to (McLeod, 2011). Professor Fuller will maintain the standard for her group by making sure she is punishing the right person, and not an innocent