Thoughtful Problem #12 - Read the three web pages for class 12 in Course Documents. Select one of these or one of your own that presents a serious ethical problem for the technology director. A serious ethical problem usually has consequences no matter how you decide to act. In three to five paragraphs, discuss as honestly as you can the ethical problem and the possible consequences.
Response:
For this TP, I chose to talk about the article The Tech Director's Ethical Dilemma. This article highlights the tough situations you may find yourself in as a Tech Director. It is a situation none of us would ever want to be in.
In this situation, the tech director discovers a situation that should never occur in a school district. The root of the problem is the district administration's failure to respond to a serious problem. Once the tech director has found evidence of the issue, his course of action had to follow a path that would lead towards the situation being further exposed. Failure to do so would be ethically wrong. Unfortunately, this tech director found himself fighting the poor ethical atmosphere of the district itself.
If this type of situation was allowed to occur and continue with staff knowledge, the administrative ethical base is not very strong. Ultimately, the tech director has the upper hand in the long run and the administration should be concerned. Consequences could be disasterous if the public learns of the situation. People would certainly loose jobs and the overall public opinion of the district would be horribly damaged.
Most importantly, there was a tremendous risk to the student population. It appears in this situation that the building principal lost sight of her true responsibilities. I am curious to find how this situation ultimately ended.
2 comments:
It seems the main problem was from the school’s principal. If there were a strict school policy, the teacher may not transfer the dirty materials to her student or the technology director could handle that touch situation easier. Maybe the building principal tended to keep the teacher’s job just because of her kindly consideration. But, as you said, “there was a tremendous risk to the student population”.
Michael,
I too found this to be a very interesting dilemma. I keep checking back to the original site to see if has been updated with a solution. This poor guy has certainly been placed in a sticky situation. In reading through the comments posted on the page, from the general public I found an interesting post about policy. This guy really needs to make sure he has established policy and guidelines so that he can cover his backside. If he or the school district has not set up policy in reality this tech director may have broken the law by looking through someone else mail. I really feel for him because he was only trying to do his job and has to, has to , has to report this to higher authorities.
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