Topic > Ethical Dilemma Paper - 943

Beginning by recognizing that there was a problem, I distinguished that my classmates' betrayal violated my morals and was a moral issue (Johnson 203). Immediately after recognizing that there was a problem I began to try to identify the actor, at first I held myself responsible for addressing the problem since he was my friend and deserved my help in an ethical way; however I later realized that my teacher would be the person most responsible for dealing with the problem (Johnson 203). This also showed me one of the weaknesses of Kidder's ethical checkpoints in that determining who has the responsibility to solve the problem was not easy, especially considering that he, as a cheater, was responsible for his action, my teacher , since the responsible leader was responsible for dealing with the cheating, and I, being the cheated one, had the responsibility to stop it when I realized what was happening (Johnson