Sunday, April 20, 2008

Ethics Research

The other week our class spent time discussing ethical lapses. We learned about what they are and Angie showed us an example of an ethical lapse. The example she showed was a letter written during the time of the Holocaust. Throughout the letter the writer used terms that referred to the bodies of people being killed, but did so in such a way that no one would have known that he was talking about bodies. The writer probably wrote like this for fear that someone would find the letter and he would get in trouble. Also, he probably did not want to accept the horrible things he was doing.

Our class was told to get a partner and discuss an ethical lapse on our own. Johnsie and I started looking at different events that have taken place around the world. We finally found an ethical lapse that deals with the Challenger explosion. The ethical lapse with the Challenger deals with the O-rings and the engineers deciding to take off even though the challenger was not in proper condition to launch. We had a difficult time finding memos that talked about the explosion. We think we have found one now to share with the class on Monday about our ethical lapse.

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