Joseph Brady 09/17/2015 Research Summary #1 EDLDR 480 “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.”- Potter Stewart, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The decision to act ethically is a moral one, and one that is far bigger than you. In fact, decisions made individually will be influenced by the entire culture of the organization, and will ultimately affect its future. In 2012, reports surfaced that for countless years, male football and basketball “student” athletes at Prestige University were enrolled in history “ghost classes.” Ghost classes are defines as courses with no formal instruction or required meeting times (Clayton, Grantham, McGurrin, Paparella, …show more content…
They pride themselves on being a university that enables students to govern themselves, instead of utilizing a staff-run committee to oversee behavioral governance. Like most prestigious institutions, Prestige University is dedicated to nurturing ethics and morals among its faculty, students, and staff. With the continuous political and ethical debates surrounding the intersection of academics and athletics, coupled with the constant disconnect between the players and the NCAA, institutional faculty brings a sense of dependability. Faculty members are notoriously protective of the academic rigor and reputations of their institutions (Clayton et al., 2015), especially at a university that is largely considered a “Public Ivy.” Or so we …show more content…
Why jeopardize the reputation of a university that has been committed to fostering ethics and morals for more than two-hundred years for success in an athletic setting? What message does that pass to not only its student-athletes but also the alumni? As the President of a university, you should want graduates to represent your university in the highest manner possible. There will come a time that these student-athletes are no longer students, and no longer athletes. Now as working citizens in our society, they have to use the ideology and ways they were taught in college. Prestige University taught its student-athletes that were enrolled in the history ghost classes, most of which were oblivious to the idea, that there are easy ways out in life. These classes allowed them to focus solely on being the best athlete they could be, and yet still walk across a stage in four years with classmates who worked their tails off for that same