EDUC 6922: The Ethical Teacher Assignment 1: Dilemma Analysis

This assignment, for the EDUC 6922 course "The Ethical Teacher," presents a student's analysis of an ethical dilemma involving a student's disclosure of family abuse. The student was faced with the dilemma of upholding the student's trust versus adhering to school guidelines that might require reporting the issue. The assignment includes a detailed description of the situation, an ethical dilemma definition, and identification of the stakeholders involved (family members, the child, the teacher, and center management). It analyzes each stakeholder's perspectives, restrictions, and how the situation aligns with the code of ethics. The student explores potential courses of action, evaluating the strengths and limitations of each, and ultimately outlines the chosen strategy of addressing the issue within the school, leading to a resolution where the family agreed to cease the abuse. The assignment highlights the complexities of ethical decision-making in education, considering the privacy of the student versus the student's well-being and the teacher's ethical responsibilities.

EDUC 6922: The Ethical Teacher
Table 1: Part A: Description and analysis or a personal ethical dilemma
Name:
Description of situation: I had to select to uphold faith of a student who came and disclosed in me and secure the issue that was
discussed between me and the child or survey the guidelines of the school that tends to force me to report the fact and issue with the
parent or the school management for the demand of best action. The student clarified how the family abuse him because of the
unsteady families at home.
The nature of the issue for you: I needed to choose to uphold the trust of the student who came to confide me and secure the
issue that was discussed between me and the child or survey the guidelines of the school that which forces me to choose to report
the issue with the parent or the school management for the demand of best action.
Define an ethical dilemma + identify why your situation is a dilemma: An ethical dilemma includes the practice of making a
decision among two options. In most of the cases, neither of the two choices are found to solve the condition in an ethical way.
Reporting the issue of the student to the head of the school authority is a break of privacy among me and the students. Disclosing of
a secret marks me towards the disruption the ethical code of conduct which I am permitting the students to get abused by the family
which us a criminal offence.
All stakeholders involved Stakeholders’ (s/h)
perspectives
Stakeholders’ restrictions at
the time of the dilemma
How does it meet (or not) Our
Code?
1. the child’s family member
2. the child
3. teacher is also involved
4. Centre manager
1.family member
desired to handle the issue on
their own.
2. student should be punished
and counselled
3. deputy head needed the
family member to report to
the police
4. student needed the issue at
the bay
5. Counselling officer wants
the counselling of the student.
1 family member
Do not want to discuss the
primary issue may be in front
of the student.
2. Student feels fear to say
anything to anyone.
3. I do not want the issue to be
taken in front of the police.
4. deputy head of the school
was against the idea of the
issue remaining at the school
5. Counselling officer do not
want to involve police in the
issue.
1. privacy of erroneous is in
contradiction of the code
2. it disrupts the code of the
principled competence
3. it is not correct to go by the
privacy at expense of right of the
law
Chosen priority stakeholder:
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Possible courses of action Strengths for each s/h Limitations for each s/h How does it meet Our Code?
1. Settle the issue at centre
and convince the family
member to not involve in
child abuse.
1. It helps in avoiding and
inflicting more problems by
the students.
2. it helps in saving time
3. the student is now ready
and began the counselling
session
1. the family member could
carry on doing child abuse
2. the student might not listen
to the family members.
3. The family member may
penalize the student for letting
the issue out.
It is correct according to the
code as in this way a better
solution is formulated rather
than letting the issue of child
abuse continue.
2. taking the issue to the
police
1. action against parents will
be taken
2. penance will be provided
3. student will feel protected
1. It will take some time for the
issue to resolve.
2. Student educations might be
affected
3. it will take more time to
resolve the issue
Involving police is considered as
the best solution as it helps in
providing permanent solution to
the issue.
Chosen strategy: the issue of child abuse has been solved at the school and the family member also agreed to not abuse the child.
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