Using the Three-Step Ethics Model (Blanchard-Peale) analyze the following case: A student knows that two other students who sit next to each other in class are cheating on exams because they talk about it after class. Is this an ethical dilemma? What, if anything, should the student do?

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I. Yes, it is an ethical dilemma. There are two lines of action that are morally correct but conflict with one another. That is, individually, both lines of action seem correct or right but once a choice is made to go with one the other becomes wrongful. The student is probably torn between reporting and not reporting. If they report, the students will be punished and probably asked to repeat the exam. If they don't, the results for the examinations be a true example of the capacities of the student in the class.

An example would be a staff in a car dealership business who discovers that her boss always bribes the regional sales manager from the car company so that the company can get more vehicles allotted to them.

If she keeps quiet about it, she benefits because more cars mean more potential sales. More sales mean more profit for the business. More profit for the business means a guaranteed salary for the staff.

If she speaks up, the bribery which in a way puts other dealers at a disadvantage will probably stop. But she most likely will lose her job.

In the example above, there is no foreseeable repercussion for the student if he or she reports the matter of cheating to the relevant authority.

It is important to resolve the question of whether or not reporting such matter should rest on whether or not the subject would be exposed to a repercussion. This is what the 3 steps ethics model seeks to resolve.

2. In order to decide what to do, the student who observed the cheating must carry out the following excercise.

The 3-step Ethics asks the following questions:

1. Is it legal? the answer is No. That's why the word "cheat" is used to describe the action of the students during the examinations.

2. Is it fair? Cheating is not fair. It means that the subjects involved are not really being examined but would most likely have results that say "haveing being tested during the examinations, they had a better result than others."

3. How does it make me feel? Putting oneself in the observer's shoes, it is impossible to feel good knowing that others would be recognized and probably celebrated for doing the wrong thing.

Analyzing all the answers above, we see that they are all in the negative. Therefore, the matter should be reported to the examiners by the student who is doing the observing.

Explanation:

As can be seen from the answer above, the  Three-Step Ethics Model (Blanchard-Peale) is best utilized for the resolution of an ethical dilemma. used when evaluating an ethical dilemma

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