Name: Soundarya H G

PGDM no: 21167

Section: C
Date: 06/01/2022

Q1. Personal ethical dilemma

Quoting my ethical dilemma faced in my past relationship:
As we know ethical dilemma is when we are made to face with having o to choose something
or someone which doesn’t align with basic moral values.
My Scenario:
I faced such an ethical during my under-graduation days when I was into my fist ever tender
relationship. It was for about 2 years back that it happened and when I hear the word personal
ethical dilemma this is what flashes to me on spot.
I was I the relationship was about 18 months, but it was genuine until first 3 months alone.
What happened later was all fights and mis understanding which is why later I resulted in
breakup. I was behind the person for so long because it was my first ever experience. But
unfortunately, I was toxic.
The day when I realised that I am being made to face ethical dilemma is when I go to see my
ex’s chat with my own best friend who was my classmate since 1 st year of my degree life. It
was a total breakdown to know the 2 persons whom you believed the most are just immoral. I
always used to trust them both but the reason I went through their text was an eye-opener for
me because that day he had lost his phone in a restaurant where we had been to dinner and on
having searched for it so long in same restaurant, I found it to be under the carpet as he had
made with fall unknowingly. As I help his phone in my hand, I was so relieved for him that
he was been in tension around part 1 hour, but I unintentionally found 11 missed calls from
pat 60 minutes from my best friend with having no reason and that is when I went through
their texts. As per my knowledge they were just a hi-bye friend. But this scene made me feel
there was something fishy. I couldn’t witness my own eyes that their chats were so intimate,
and I just had a breakdown then. I never expected this and even though we had so many
things to work on, it was totally an ethical dilemma that I faced.
My action:
I dint know what exactly to do. I had an emotional breakdown. Even though I found his
mobile I just closed the chat window and kept at the same place where it was misplaced. I
went to washroom, washed my faced and I silently walked out of the restaurant without even
informing him. That post night I received many chats and calls from him. But I never opened
any and just blocked him. Till now I have never seen his face after that incident. I also dint
contact my ex best friend as well as I was backstabbed by them. May be got to know that I
witnessed the truth and that’s why we they both are not in touch. Any I promise, tis was too
rude.
My evaluation:
I would Rate my action 2/10. This is because I was courageous enough to leave him and
come out this ethical dilemma. But at the same time, I feel that I should have been vocal
instead of just letting both free being immoral. I regret that I dint teach them a lesson to what
happens if you backstab innocent people.
By letting them free without even questioning them or without even humiliating them for
their actions, I had made a mistake. They may continue this forward because of not having
any negative consequence. I feel that by without reacting, I dint made them feel that they
have committed a mistake.
My learning:
In current generation, we should test and believe everything. Be it a thing or a person. Blind
belief is worst. My emotions matter, my feelings matters and my mental stability matter. And
I can’t just let someone play with what matters to me a lot.

Q2. Professional ethical dilemma

Quoting my Ethical Dilemmas faced as a high school student as I have no working
experience:
If our teachers treat you like any other student, then I would be fine. But experience tells me
that our teachers may overcompensate and treat you harder than others, potentially giving you
lower grades than you deserve. On the other hand, you may subconsciously expect
preferential treatment from them. I always felt like probably I would be better off being in a
different class.
My Scenario:
This is what exactly happened with me when I was pursuing my SSLC at Lourdes Hill
Convent School, Pollibetta. As a kid, I was very interested in numbers and something that I
loved the most during school days was mathematics. During my 10 th standard, my maths
faculty was changed, and I found difficult in coping up with her style of teaching that is when
I started going to external tuition. Anyhow, I was u to date with the syllabus and during
internals and midterms, he could find my paper being solved differently unlike her methods.
She had a doubt if I was going elsewhere to get myself thought with the respective subject
and she was rude in talking to me about that which is why I denied that I wasn’t into external
tuitions. Still even though my answers were right, she used to grade me less just because I
dint follow her method of solving.
Days passed and one fine day during my preparatory, I was given 52/100 where my paper
was worth of getting 90+. She wanted me to accept that I was going out for tuition for maths
which I used to deny and that same day she called my mom and talked about the same and
gathered information regarding me feeling difficulty in understanding her methodologies.
That day she just humiliated me in front of whole class as to why am I facing difficulty when
rest of all are having no problem. This I when our cold war started when she started making
fun of me amongst my own friends and classmates.
My action:
I made sure I studied harder the subject eve n though I was good at it. However, I knew that
at last in final board examination, she will not be the one correcting my paper and so I always
knew that I would secure good marks. I had no problems with other subject as well as my
faculties. I did my exams well and the day and was waiting for my results.
On the day of mu result what made me happy was the I had secured 99 in mathematics and
called up my mathematics teacher to let her know my marks because she never scored me
above 60 at all. Her response was that “I always knew that you don’t deserve a 100”. I really
felt bad at that point of time, and I just thanked her for whatever time she has wasted on me
making me feel humiliated which is why I excelled and just hung up the call.
This was my reaction to the ethical dilemma that I faced during my school days. And I
couldn’t have done much to change the outcome, but I feel my actions were good because it
reflected in my result.
Evaluation of my action:
I would rate my actions 8.5/100, because I couldn’t have done much to change the situation
as I was in SSLC ad dint wanted to take risk. I just managed to just ignore her secured good
number of marks when it comes to my Board exams. My overall 10 th score was 94% being
my mathematics score the highest i.e., 99. My family and I was happy with whatever I was
able to secure. I was even more happy that I would never have to deal with her again. Maybe
I had an option of taking this subject matter to the limelight of principle so that no others
would have deal with the same ethical dilemma I faced. I regret that I dint take such actions.
And for this the reason was that I like to get into fights or enmity as my sole purpose was
showing my number skills.
Had I raised a complaint, my ethical dilemma would have stopped to myself with it being
contagious. So now as grown-up student, I would have done this additional to whatever
efforts I have put in to overcome such a situation.
My learnings:
My learning from this ethical dilemma is that, expecting superior to be favourable to us is
never a fault but if not staying quit, ignoring such things is for surely a fault. Infact a bigger
one. Now when I think of my scene, I feel that I am experiencing the corporate life. And I
have confidence that if exposed to a similar situation, I will be dealing with it in a better way
possible.