Basilas, Ace Dominic Tamayo
BSED – ENGLISH 2
Ethics
1. A Difficult Choice
You and your family love the beach and decide to spend a weekend at an isolated beach
cabin. Your teenage daughter often gets bored on your getaways, so you make plans to take your
niece along. As soon as you arrive, a storm is looming on the horizon and the water looks rough.
You tell the girls they can get ready to swim, but to come back and help unload the car. They are
so excited, they do not pay attention to the last part of what you say and run down to the beach to
swim. You do not realize they have done so until you hear your daughter scream. You realize
they are both caught in a strong current and might be swept out to sea. You are a good swimmer
and know you can save one of them. You have a difficult choice to make.
Do you: and Why?
- Save your niece first as she is a poor swimmer and will not be able to last as long as your
daughter?
- Save your daughter first, because, although she is a strong swimmer and may be able to
last long enough for you to come back after saving your niece, you cannot stand the idea
of losing her?
Answer:
It’s a very hard choice to make but for me, I will save my niece first because she’s a poor
swimmer, I know its kinda hard not just for me but for my daughter as well but if my
daughter really understand the situation she must understand why I save my niece first
before her. My daughter is a good swimmer but my niece cannot. So I think my daughter
will understand why I save my niece before her.
2. An Office Theft
You are in charge of the petty cash at the office. However, a co-worker is responsible for making
a weekly trip to the bank to make the business deposit and obtain petty cash for the following
week. In a conversation with your mutual supervisor, you are asked if the increase in the petty
cash amount was enough. You, however, have not seen any additional money. You realize your
co-worker has been pocketing the additional money.
Do you: and Why?
- Tell your supervisor you have neither asked for nor received any additional petty cash
and that you suspect your co-worker is pocketing the money?
- Tell your co-worker your suspicions and give them a chance to pay the money back?
- Say nothing and just wait to see what happens?
Answer:
I will tell my co worker to give back the money that they get, and give them chance to
Correct their mistake. Everyone deserves a second chance. Stealing or making something
bad will not be your success. Because you’re cheating yourself not just yourself but your
life as well. Because in everything you do bounces back to you..
3. Midnight Death
You have worked years to be successful in your father’s business. You felt you were obligated to
take over as he worked his whole life to build the business left to him by his father. However, the
large businesses in town have seriously cut into profits and for several years you and your family
have just managed to scrape by.
Your father’s health has declined and he has been hospitalized. He has a substantial life
insurance policy that expires at midnight. If he dies before midnight, you will inherit enough
money to pursue a career you have always dreamed of and provide adequately for your family.
Do you: and Why?
- Pinch the oxygen line making it possible for your Dad to die or smother him with a
pillow?
- Tell your Dad the problem and let him suggest a solution and go by what he says?
- Do nothing as you cannot imagine living with yourself if you terminate your Dad’s life?
Answer :
I will tell to my dad the problems so that he can make a solution for it and help him to
suggest more solution to the problem. And if he say something I will follow it or I will go
for it because he does those decision not just for himself but for me as well to provide for
the need of my family and help them.
4. Telling a Secret
Your friend tells you that they committed a crime. They explain that they are having trouble
sleeping at night and feel you are the only one they can trust with their confession. A few days
later, you read in the paper that someone has been arrested for your friend’s crime.
Do you: and Why?
- Go to the police and tell them what you know?
- Encourage your friend to confess and warn him if he does not do so, you will tell?
- Say nothing because you will not betray a friend’s confidence?
Answer :
Honestly, I will go to the police and tell the truth. I’ve always believe that no matter what
happen the truth will always come out. And if I keep silence while I know the truth it will
bothers me and it will ruin my mental health thinking of that situation. So I will always
choose to be right and at the same kind for telling the truth.
5. The Unfaithful Friend
You go out with your husband for dinner at a new restaurant you have not frequented before. It is
in a part of town you rarely visit. You are shocked to see your friend’s spouse having dinner with
a very young, attractive person. From the way they are behaving, it is obvious they are more than
friends. The couple finish their meal and leave without seeing you. They behave very
affectionately on the way out the door.
Do you: and Why?
- Tell your friend, knowing you probably will not be believed and that it may ruin your
friendship?
- Say nothing about seeing the couple as it is none of your business; they may even have an
open relationship?
Answer :
To be honest, As a friend I will support him/her for any decision that he/she made, I don’t
have the rights to say something else because she’s just my friend, how ever it’s a kinda
hurt because they didn’t see me even simple hi or smile. But again as I have said, I don’t
have any privilege to say something about It I’m going to support them instead.
