Ethical Dilemmas

Question 1

Paragraph 1 Write 8-10 sentence of this homework

Paragraph 2 write 5 sentence of another student write

 

Discussion Forum 2 – Ethical Dilemmas

See the following three dilemmas below. For this discussion forum you will need to do a post that includes your thoughts on each dilemma. In order to make this clear, you will need to post three times.

In the subject headings, use Dilemma 1, Dilemma 2, and Dilemma 3. You will need to write only write at minimum five sentences for each one and cite for each one (like you did for Week 1 but this time, you do have to do 3 separate posts). Since this requires a little more work, you do still need to reply to at least one Dilemma 1, Dilemma 2, and Dilemma 3 but your replies can be one or two sentences noting if you agree or disagree with classmates.

So, how to do you survive (perform at full credit) for this discussion forum?

· Post three times on your own, One post should be Dilemma 1, One post should be Dilemma 2, and one post should be Dilemma 3. You do need to include a citation in each dilemma. Since this requires a little more work, you only need to write 4 sentences for each post (more is always welcome).

· After you have posted your thoughts on each dilemma, you do need to reply to at least one student on Dilemma 1, Dilemma 2, and Dilemma 3 but replies can be two sentences.

See Rubric Below for how this assignment will be evaluated/graded.

 

Dilemma 1

Mary Thompson had been conducting fieldwork in a Southeast Asian community for 18 months. Her house was ideally located on the edge of the village plaza, allowing her to readily observe daily activities that took place in the plaza. In addition to gatherings of women who shared food preparation tasks and talk, and groups of men working individually on carvings, the plaza was regularly a gathering place for men at night.

One night while Thompson was working up some statistical problems in her house, she was distracted by loud, seemingly argumentative discussions in the plaza. When the noise of the argument reached a high pitch, she decided to investigate the situation. Just as she stepped from her doorway, she saw one of the men in the group of five, angrily raise his machete and deliver a deadly blow to another–Tom–in the group. Stunned silence fell over the other three men, as they watched their companion quickly bleed to death before their eyes. Moments later people from the other homes began moving into the plaza in response to the wailing that came from the man who had wielded the machete. Mournful crying and wailing was carried throughout the village. The family members of the dead man carried him to their home and began funeral preparations. The next evening, Tom was buried. The man who had dealt the deadly blow was allowed to participate in the funeral and to make a death payment to the family of the deceased.

Two days after the funeral, three regional policemen came to the village. As part of a new governmental program designed to reduce blood feuds, the regional authorities now regularly sought to arrest and jail people who were involved in killings. They had heard about the recent death.

They began questioning the villagers in an attempt to determine if Tom had been “murdered.” Thompson had written a detailed description of the events of the night of Tom’s death in her notebook which contained a running record of village activities.

Thompson’s Dilemma: (1) Since she knew the police would question her, should she quickly tear out and destroy the pages in her notebook where the events were recorded? (2) When questioned by the police should she, like the other villagers, plead ignorance concerning the killing?

 

Dilemma 2

Rose Stone moved into an urban ghetto in order to study strategies for survival used by low-income residents. During the first six months of research, Stone was gradually integrated into the community through invitations (which she accepted) to attend dances, parties, church functions, and family outings, and by “hanging out” at local service facilities (laundromats, health centers, recreation centers, and so on). She was able to discern that there were two important survival tactics used by the community residents which she could not engage in: the first was a system of reciprocity in the exchange of goods and services (neither of which she felt she had to offer), and the second was outright theft of easily pawned or sold goods (clothing, jewelry, radios, TVs, and so on).

One night, a friend from the community stopped by “for a cup of coffee” and conversation. After they had been talking for about two hours, Stone’s friend told her that she had some things she wanted to give her. The friend went out to her car and returned with a box of clothing (Stone’s size) and a record player. Stone was a bit overwhelmed by the generosity of the gift and protested her right to accept such costly items. Her friend laughed and said, “Don’t you worry, it’s not out of my pocket,” but then she became more serious and said, “Either you are one of us or you aren’t one of us. You can’t have it both ways. ”

Stone’s Dilemma: Suspecting that the items she was being offered were probably “hot” (e.g., stolen), she was afraid that if she wore the clothes in public, or had the record player in her apartment, she would be arrested for “accepting stolen goods.” At the same time, she knew that “hot” items were often given to close friends when it was observed that they could use them. Still, this implied that there would be reciprocal giving (not necessarily in kind) at a later date. So, should she accept or refuse the proffered gifts?

 

Dilemma 3

Mickey Jordan had developed a collaborative social-impact assessment project involving two colleagues and three students. The six-person team was responsible for collecting field data in a wide geographical area at some distance from their university. Each person was responsible for a specific region. The data were fed, by region, into a computer on a weekly basis and monthly meetings were held so that progress reports could be made by team members. At these meetings, names of individuals who had been interviewed during the preceding period were given as a means of checking off the list of identified community specialists, so that the overall progress of the project could be ascertained. Information filed in the computer did not contain informants’ names or other identifiers, as a measure for maintaining confidentiality and anonymity of informants. Each member of the team was paid by the funds made available through a contract with a federal agency (the faculty members were able to buy release time from teaching with contract funds).

Jordan had an occasion to be in the region assigned to one of the faculty members, Brian Cash, and happened to find himself talking with one of Cash’s reported informants, Henry Jones. Jordon took the opportunity to ask Jones for clarification of reported data that had puzzled him. Jones appeared confused and asked Jordan why he was asking him “these questions.” Jordan explained that he had been curious about specific details of Cash’s report and thought this would be an opportune time to get further information. Jones said that he had never heard of Brian Cash, much less having ever talked to him, and furthermore he did not even know a research project was being conducted in his community.

Jordan’s Dilemma: Should he accept Jones’s statement as a denial of participation in the project to maintain anonymity? Should he accuse Jones of lying? Should he drop the matter for the moment and later tell Cash about the incident? Perhaps Cash had lied about interviewing Jones? Should be confront Cash with this suspicion? Since it was some distance to the field site from the university, should he [Jordan] now seek out other informants Cash had reported on to determine whether or not they had been interviewed? Or, were there other tactics to be employed?

After you have posted your opinion on the discussion forum, you may want to go to the  American Anthropological Association Website on Ethics  to view their responses.

 

Grading

This rubric will be used to evaluate/grade Discussion Forums. Each requirement is worth a maximum of 3 points, with a total of 9 points possible. Please note that you have to post.

Requirements	You are a Survivor Excellent  (3 points)	You Might Survive  Good (2 points)	You re Struggling to Survive  Needs Improvement (1 point)	You need a Life Raft  Failed to Meet Requirements (0 points)
Followed Directions	Posted the three dilemmas by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote at least five complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted two dilemmas by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote five complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted one dilemma by deadline and did not reply to at least one classmate AND/OR Did not write in complete sentences and/or had 1 or 2 spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Did not post by deadline – 0 points Did not write in complete sentences and/or had spelling /grammatical errors in post and reply
Addressed Content	Thoroughly discussed the question Responded to another classmate by asking a question	Adequately discussed the question Responded to another classmate by asking a question	Attempted to discuss the question Did not thoroughly analyze and/or did not ask a question in response to a classmate	Did not attempt to discuss the question Post and/or reply did not address the question
Cited Materials	Cited academic materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates. Citation addressed the question. *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Attempted to cite materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates. Citation was not clear or did not address the question *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Cited materials incorrectly or cited inadequate materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Did not cite materials in the post and reply

Your score out of 9 possible________/9

 

ANOTHER STUDENT WRITE

I  think that Rose was put into a very tough situation. Rose wants to see how the low income residents survive. If she were to accept this gift and “become one of them” she would be able to get a better look at how they do survive. If she were to accept it though, I think she may end up getting herself in too deep and people may end up asking her to become part of thefts and if she declines she could potentially get hurt. I think it is in her best interest to decline the gift. If people start to question her, I think it would be smart on her part if she relocate to another low income area to see their way of survival.

 

 

Question 2

Paragraph 1 Write 8-10 sentence of this homework

Paragraph 2 write 5 sentence of another student write ( ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE END, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT )

 

Take a moment to review this website with examples of applied anthropology  Applied Anthropology at Work.

After reviewing this website, do your own search and find an example of applied anthropology to share with your classmates. In your discussion forum post, share the link and briefly summarize the project. After sharing your project, take time to comment on at least one other post. Please note that you may not post something a person has already posted. It is a good idea to do this one early!!

 

Grading

This rubric will be used to evaluate/grade Discussion Forums. Each requirement is worth a maximum of 3 points, with a total of 9 points possible. Please note that you have to post.

Requirements	You are a Survivor Excellent  (3 points)	You Might Survive  Good (2 points)	You re Struggling to Survive  Needs Improvement (1 point)	You need a Life Raft  Failed to Meet Requirements (0 points)
Followed Directions	Posted example by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote at least five complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted example by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote 3 to 4 complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted one dilemma by deadline and did not reply to at least one classmate AND/OR Did not write in complete sentences and/or had 1 or 2 spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Did not post by deadline – 0 points Did not write in complete sentences and/or had spelling /grammatical errors in post and reply
Addressed Content	Posted a unique example that was clearly an applied anthropology example.	There is no in-between on this one.	Did not post a unique example and/or did not post an example that was applied anthropology.	Did not attempt to discuss the question Post and/or reply did not address the question
Cited Materials	Cited academic materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates. Citation addressed the question. *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	There is no in-between on this one.	Cited materials incorrectly or cited inadequate materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Did not cite materials in the post and reply

Your score out of 9 possible________/9

Note about this rubric:

Unless otherwise noted in the discussion forum, you will need to first post your response to the question, film clip, and/or assignment. Your discussion post must include at least 5 sentences and must include a reference/citation to course materials (the book, websites, or films). Your reference does not need to be formally cited. For example, you can state that on p. 32 of our textbook, our author notes…the following. You do need to at least let the reader know where your information came from.

After you post, it is your responsibility to reply to at least one classmate. Your reply also needs to be in 5 sentences but does not have to include a reference or citation.

 

Another student write

This article is about sexual abuse with children and how common it is in all areas of the world. Sexual abuse is a growing concern. Children are young, and are often way too scared to report the things that have happened to them because they are embarrassed of what people might think or of someone not believing them. This article talks about people coming together and sticking up for sexual abuse and how it makes it easier to charge people that are doing the abuse. They are also making it easier for children to come and turn people in. There is something called global alliance that was launched in 2012, and it is used to raise standards worldwide and unite efforts around the world to more effectively combat online sexual crimes against children.