According to Merriam Webster (2016) ethics is the rule of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad. The study of ethics deals with identifying what is actually good and bad behavior. Ethics is a branch of philosophy studying what as a whole what is morally right or wrong. Associate Professor of Chemistry at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Dr. Susan Schelble, conducted a study called “Using Interactive Case Studies to Create an Ethical Culture in the Chemistry Profession,” (2015). There were two different cases in this study. The first case scenario tailored towards the misuse of power. In this scenario a student, Carma, complain about being discriminated by their Professor Xeno, along with other females due to their
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The highest number of participant chooses the outcome where the department addressed the issue with the Professor and the second highest outcome chosen by the participants was how the Professor still got tenure after he modify his attitude. When I analyze these two outcomes that go high numbers compare to the rest, I understand the relatedness between them. In my opinion, if the two were one outcome, it would have had the most votes from the participants. The University will protect the Professor over the expense of the student because they carry more weight on the reputation of the University. To satisfy the student’s complains they also couldn’t sweep this matter under the rug, so addressing the issue with the Professor and requiring to modify his behavior would be an “appropriate” approach to handle the situation. The bottom line is that the Professor acted in such manner towards both students because he knew the University would protect him just enough to where he would still have his position, which is affiliated with the misuse of power on his …show more content…
A student reported fraudulent results and the Professor under her supervision was obligated to resolve the situation. In conclusion there were four outcomes that perhaps represented what the Professor did. Two were to fire the student under different circumstances. The first one was to retract a submitted paper after firing her immediately and the second one was warn her not list him as a reference and move forward without sharing why she got terminated. The third option was to ask her to leave, and the last one was to follow institutional guidelines and report the student. This scenario didn’t have comments from students and their opinions, but I would have chosen firing the student and not discussing the reason of her termination with anyone else. After gathering information from the case scenario, since some of the colleagues he respects told him to just fire her and he also thought about the scandal and paper work he would file after reporting fraud it only makes sense that he would respond that
The highest number of participant chooses the outcome where the department addressed the issue with the Professor and the second highest outcome chosen by the participants was how the Professor still got tenure after he modify his attitude. When I analyze these two outcomes that go high numbers compare to the rest, I understand the relatedness between them. In my opinion, if the two were one outcome, it would have had the most votes from the participants. The University will protect the Professor over the expense of the student because they carry more weight on the reputation of the University. To satisfy the student’s complains they also couldn’t sweep this matter under the rug, so addressing the issue with the Professor and requiring to modify his behavior would be an “appropriate” approach to handle the situation. The bottom line is that the Professor acted in such manner towards both students because he knew the University would protect him just enough to where he would still have his position, which is affiliated with the misuse of power on his …show more content…
A student reported fraudulent results and the Professor under her supervision was obligated to resolve the situation. In conclusion there were four outcomes that perhaps represented what the Professor did. Two were to fire the student under different circumstances. The first one was to retract a submitted paper after firing her immediately and the second one was warn her not list him as a reference and move forward without sharing why she got terminated. The third option was to ask her to leave, and the last one was to follow institutional guidelines and report the student. This scenario didn’t have comments from students and their opinions, but I would have chosen firing the student and not discussing the reason of her termination with anyone else. After gathering information from the case scenario, since some of the colleagues he respects told him to just fire her and he also thought about the scandal and paper work he would file after reporting fraud it only makes sense that he would respond that