“Final Ethics Practice”

That was for the first time that I faced ethical dilemma in a real life since I have been taking my Ethics Class. I went to one of the KSU Departments to interview a professor for my final project. The interviewee was about 10 -15 minutes late and I started to get worried as she told me that she would stay with me just for 30 minutes and have another appointment right after the interview. I was fortune, another professor from the next office noticed my anxious and gave me mobile number of the professor I was waiting for. Of course, I called her, reminded about our appointment.

Before the interview she asked me how I had got her personal number. I explained that I got it from one of her colleagues. She insisted on identifying the person. I faced a real dilemma.

It was right for her to know the information related her that I keep

It was right not to disclose the name of your source.

I asked her not to insisted on that, but she kept doing that. Finally, she aimed that her only purpose to get this information is that she wanted to warn that person not to do it any more:

‘If you don’t name this person I am going to be suspicious about every colleague of mine” .

She convinced me that she was not going to be rude with that person.

Finally I showed her the office of that person.

But I am still worried and not sure that if I did right.

The only thing that helps me to justify my decision is that the person who gave me the number did not ask me to keep her name in secret.

But there might be another option and I could have inform that person that the professor wanted to know her name, before indicating her.