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Group Activity

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The Development of Moral Character

 Direction: Read the situation below. Make a moral decision on the dilemma presented.

Mr. Osorio is a professor at a prestigious university in manila. He teaches Ethics to BS

Accountancy students. Because of his hard work, his great knowledge on the subject, and his wit and
humor, the students very much appreciated him because he makes the class lively and enjoyable. For
this reason, he is known as the best teacher in the university.

One day, after a class discussion on the topic regarding the value of honesty, three students
made an admission in class they were involved in the series of thefts and robberies in the school’s
canteen and in other offices of the university. Because of the ethics class, the students felt guilty of their
actions and promised to the class that they are not to do any acts of robbery anymore.

These students told Mr. Osorio about how miserable their lives were and the reason why they
robbed the school was because they wanted to cope with the expenses of the school and use money to
buy food for the family. However, because of the great amount that they have taken from the school
and the impossibility of paying said amount back to the school, they will definitely be expelled. Expulsion
eventually would mean that the three will not anymore be included in the list of graduating students
and, therefore, the hope of helping their family financially at the soonest possible time will not be
realized.

As an ethics teacher, and being professional at that, it is the responsibility of Mr. Osorio to tell
the administration about the case. After all, the whole class knows already the case. However, as a
human person, it will be an act of charity if he will just let it pass by because after all, they promised that
they would not be doing it again. Should Mr. Osorio tell the school administration about the case? Why
or why not? Explain your case.

Scoring Criteria

Content: /15

Cohesion: /10
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Scoring Criteria