Question

PLEASE HELP 50 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrew and Deshawn are teammates on a high school soccer team. They’ve been playing soccer together for years. They both play the center forward position. Some years, Andrew is better than Deshawn and serves as the team’s starter. Other years, Deshawn is the stronger player and gets the most playing time. They are both very competitive with each other. Although they know each other well, they have never been friends.

In practice yesterday, the team was running drills in the rain. Deshawn slipped in the mud and collided with Andrew. Andrew hurt his knee badly in the fall and will have to sit out for several weeks.

The next day, Andrew told everyone at school that Deshawn hurt him on purpose to get more playing time. Deshawn retaliated by sharing private information about Andrew on social media. Andrew’s best friend Mateo saw the collision. He knows it was a complete accident.

Pick the role of Andrew, Deshawn, or Mateo.
What are the main issues/problems from this person’s perspective?
What ethical issues are involved for this person?
Why are these ethical issues relevant for this person?
How should the person you chose handle the situation?

Answer 1

In this problem, the physical victim is Andrew, but the emotional victim is Deshawn and all between them is Mateo. Andrew is making an accusation to confiscate for Deshawn's playing skills which give him attention and the lie he made up does that too. Mateo is sad and confused because if he tells the truth he can lose a friend, but stopping his other friends from believing a lie. If he ignores it then his Deshawn may be treated badly. I think he should tell the truth and not live with the thought that he lied to his friends.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. I pick the role of Mateo.

2. The main problems from Mateo's perspective are: He knows that the collision was a complete accident and that Deshawn did not injure Andrew on purpose. Because Andrew told everyone that Deshawn injured him on purpose, Deshawn did something unethical by sharing private information about Andrew on social media.

3. The ethical issues are: Andrew took his hurt and frustration of being injured and missing play time out on Deshawn, so he slandered him by saying that Deshawn hurt him on purpose. Deshawn then retaliated by sharing personal information about Andrew on social media, which is also unethical.

4. These issues are relevant to Mateo because he is Andrew's best friend AND he saw the incident happen and knows it was an accident.

5. If I was Mateo, I would talk to Andrew and explain to him that I know he is mad that he is injured and can't play for several weeks, but telling everyone that Deshawn did it on purpose wasn't right or good sportsmanship. I would encourage Andrew to meet with Deshawn with me and have Andrew apologize to Deshawn for saying it was his fault, and then encourage Andrew to go and tell everyone the real story. I would also encourage Deshawn to apologize for posting private information about Andrew, have Andrew ask him to take it down, and then ask Deshawn to post another post saying why he did it and that he was sorry. I would also encourage them to work together, since they are both star players.

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