Unethical Issue in Class: Report on Disrespectful Student Conduct

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Report on an unethical issue in class
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Unethical Issue In Class 2
Introduction
Unethical issues are behaviors that break explicit rules and those that infringe implicit standards
or expectation. Educators encounter various wrong concerns in the course of their work with
students. Some of the most unethical behavior are disrespecting educators in terms of rudeness
and disobedience, verbal aggression, and talking out of turn. Dishonest practices in class are
usually intolerable and stress-prompting. Also, it requires teachers to spend a lot of time and
energy to control the classroom (Sun & Shek, 2013). Therefore, teachers have to critically
reduce these sudden and gradual adverse effects of unethical student conduct. In managing
wrong behaviors, it is crucial to recognize what precisely are these conducts inside a classroom.
Discussion
As a teacher, respect, order, discipline, and obedience in the classroom are fundamental for
student learning and development. Student misconducts retard the effectiveness and smoothness
of teaching and also obstruct the learning of the student and his/her classmates. Unethical
conduct deteriorates with time, reduces academic achievement, and increases delinquent
behavior (Fecho & Appleman, 2011). Therefore, teachers disregard any manner that may
interrupt teaching or adversely affects student learning.
One of the most common and disruptive unethical issues I faced in class was disrespecting
teachers in terms of disobedience, talking back, rudeness, and confronting teachers. Students
would refuse to follow the given instructions and insist on doing what they think. For instance, a
student would give an inappropriate and casual answer to a serious question. Disrespecting of
teachers is unethical and unacceptable behavior that is related to values and attitudes. Therefore,