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Essay / Ethical Dilemma Paper - 943
Beginning by recognizing that there was a problem, I distinguished that my classmates' cheating violated my morals and was a moral problem (Johnson 203). Immediately after recognizing that there was a problem, I began trying to determine the actor. At first, I saw myself as responsible for solving the problem because 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 solving the problem (Johnson 203). This also showed me one of the weaknesses of Kidder's ethical checkpoints, as determining who had responsibility for fixing the problem was not easy, especially since he, as the cheater, was responsible for his action, my teacher, as the leader in charge, was responsible for speaking out about the cheating, and I, being cheated on, was responsible for stopping it when I realized what was happening (Johnson