Ethics

How should political actors behave? What is good representation? When is it appropriate to make a compromise? Is releasing confidential information ever justified? How do you change deeply entrenched social norms? Should you? These are just some of the questions raised by the teaching cases in this section, which ask students to consider the implications and ramifications of real-world ethical scenarios, with sources of conflict ranging from personal to structural dilemmas.

  • Teaching Case - Annie Tallent (B)

    Annie Tallent (B)

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

  • Teaching Case - Annie Tallent (A)

    Annie Tallent (A)

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

  • Teaching Case - All in a Family

    All in a Family

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A fire chief taking an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division shift for one of his firefighters receives a call about a man with a gunshot wound. When he arrives on the scene, the chief recognizes the mother of a childhood friend. Her...

  • Teaching Case - A Duty to Infuriate

    A Duty to Infuriate

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    In 1992 an Associated Press journalist in Amsterdam is assigned to write a feature article on drug policy in the Netherlands. He has been asked to write similar articles in the past, and has always been expected to convey the message that the...

  • Teaching Case - Loyalty First

    Loyalty First

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    An Air Force engineer heads a team evaluating proposals from two engine manufacturers vying for a contract to build a new fighter aircraft. The engineer's project manager appears to have a casual attitude to Air Force regulations on dealings...

  • Teaching Case - A Distant Command (B)

    A Distant Command (B)

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

  • Teaching Case - A Distant Command (A)

    A Distant Command (A)

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

  • Teaching Case - Getting Squeezed

    Getting Squeezed

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    The executive assistant to the Army Chief of Staff prepares the nomination forms for all Army officers eligible for promotion, which are then submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) for approval and later confirmation by the...

  • Teaching Case - A Close Election

    A Close Election

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    When a Republican state representative in the Midwest decides not to seek re-election, he is approached by a politically active, successful farmer about running for the seat. He thinks the farmer would represent the moderate wing of the party...

  • Teaching Case - ABC and Food Lion: A Case Study

    ABC and Food Lion: A Case Study

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1997

    The rise of highly-rated nonfiction television programs has sparked concern about the techniques which television producers use to gather images and information. This press ethics case focuses on a particularly controversial technique: the...

  • Teaching Case - Getting to Dayton: Negotiating an End to the War in Bosnia

    Getting to Dayton: Negotiating an End to the War in Bosnia

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1996

    The road to the breakthrough Dayton Peace Accords, which ushered in the prospect of a stable peace in the war-torn former Yugoslavia, is built through an intricate, high-pressure negotiation brokered by the United States and involving Serbia,...