Ethical Issues Involved Based on the Problem

Ethical Issues Involved

Based on the problem that the members of our team are involved, about having a team member who does not render the necessary cooperation, and who have tendencies of lying about team reports, the ethical issues that surround this situation is Team Building Etiquette and Team Honesty.

The main principle behind any creation of a team is to have each member participate on every task, or perform a division of a large task, in which the summation of all the tasks each member has completed is an entirety of one common goal. In every team, cooperation and unity are essential factors to successfully achieve common objectives. Team building, which can undergo processes such as team meetings or workshops, allows presentation and collection of ideas that can soon provide accurate set-up and focus towards common goals. It is only ethical that each team member bear a responsibility of doing his part for the success of his group.

In the class situation that we have, however, the ethical value of cooperation and responsibility is missing in our co-member who did not attend and participate in our team meetings and activities. As part of a team, it is only proper that he must contribute to the tasks our team is required to complete, for our team's success is his success and its failure is also his failure. Should we attain achievements, with him having shared no task or contribution at all, it would unethical for him to reap from a success in which he did not provide any of his cooperation.

Another unethical conduct the affected learning team member tries to put on our team is dishonesty. Being a part of a team, any wrongdoing he lays in our group will reflect on our whole team itself. His dishonesty in wanting to produce a false team log is equivalent to a dishonesty of our entire team.

Ethical Responsibilities

It is my responsibility to myself to decide what is the best thing I could possibly do for our team. Also, it is my responsibility to myself to respond in the most ethical manner to the situation our team faces.

Being in a team requires a number of responsibilities, not only to make my part work as a member, but also to care for things that concern our group. This is because the essence of team building is cooperation and unity. One of my responsibilities, and the rest of each member's, surrounding this nature of team building is to ensure that no problem arises within the group. Or, should there be one, to act and participate in the resolution of the problem. To accomplish this, each member bears the responsibility of looking after, and assisting in, the problems and needs of other members.

In the case of the problem our team experiences about a learning team member who demonstrates no concern for teamwork, it is my responsibility as a co-member to help him out of his problem. Being in a team, it is everyone's responsibility to know and understand the principle that a member's problem is the entire team's problem. Going through with him on any concern he might have about not being able to participate in the team is an element of this principle.

Bearing the name of my school, my responsibility as a student is to make certain that I uphold all moral and ethical conducts that my school is teaching. It is my responsibility not to be involved in any wrongdoings that will bring bad name and impression to our school. Thus, in the case of our team's current situation, in which a co-member is not doing his part, it is my responsibility as to ensure that all actions and decisions we come up are of the highest ethical standards.

What I Would Do and Why?

As a group, it is important that every decision is acceptable and understood by every member. The best thing that I would do as a first step in accomplishing a solution to our current team problem is to hold a discussion with the other members. In this process, we can determine and decide whether the behavior of our co-member who did not cooperate is acceptable or not.

In addition, we can discuss in the meeting what course of action we can do to help our co-member with his problem.