I was recently put in an ethical situation with my child’s softball teams, parents. A little background information my daughter’s softball all-stars team made it past districts all the way to state. Where we had to travel out of town for the state game down in Medford, Oregon. The first night at the motel in Medford this really should have been foreshadow what was to follow the rest of the days in Medford. That first night one of the fathers had been drinking alcohol and was chasing some of the girls down the hall at 11:00 pm and prank calling other rooms in the motel. The following day the girls would have a softball game at 1:00 pm, during the softball game the mother to the same child’s father who was intoxicated the night before had
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It is against our little league policy to have alcohol on campus there for the rule should apply to anywhere we should travel while representing the little league.
Virtue Ethics
When looking at this ethical decision based on virtue ethic which is based on individual beliefs and/or judgement I did not feel that being that distance away from home with other people’s children present wasn’t the best place to be consuming alcoholic beverages. We were there for our children so therefore the way we presented ourselves is the way we are representing our children and as parents we should not want anything more than for our children to look good.
Formalism
When looking at this ethical decision based on formalism, which is, “a particular act is, in itself, either right or wrong” (Business Professor, INC., n.d.) Based on the frame of right and wrong we are taught as child that alcohol is bad for you and you should not drink it. Even going into our teenage years our parents discourage us to drink. As an adult we are taught to consume alcohol responsibly and when you are a parent yourself when teaching your child this as the cycle begins we should not teach our children that it is ok to consume alcohol while at a children’s event. By consuming alcohol at a children’s event we are not teaching our children to not consume alcohol or the even how to consume it responsibly as an
It is against our little league policy to have alcohol on campus there for the rule should apply to anywhere we should travel while representing the little league.
Virtue Ethics
When looking at this ethical decision based on virtue ethic which is based on individual beliefs and/or judgement I did not feel that being that distance away from home with other people’s children present wasn’t the best place to be consuming alcoholic beverages. We were there for our children so therefore the way we presented ourselves is the way we are representing our children and as parents we should not want anything more than for our children to look good.
Formalism
When looking at this ethical decision based on formalism, which is, “a particular act is, in itself, either right or wrong” (Business Professor, INC., n.d.) Based on the frame of right and wrong we are taught as child that alcohol is bad for you and you should not drink it. Even going into our teenage years our parents discourage us to drink. As an adult we are taught to consume alcohol responsibly and when you are a parent yourself when teaching your child this as the cycle begins we should not teach our children that it is ok to consume alcohol while at a children’s event. By consuming alcohol at a children’s event we are not teaching our children to not consume alcohol or the even how to consume it responsibly as an