Archived Cases

The following archived cases provide resources to create a unit of study from past stories.  Weekly cases may be used to support in class discussions where students identify and apply ethical core values (see essay on resources page to define ethical core values) in the analysis of a current event or story in the media.  While most cases do not attempt to integrate question themes from all three factors of our discussion model (see Teacher Resources), over multiple cases, students should have practice with responding to questions from all three factors that support ethical functioning.

Archived Cases (#) denoting factor of emphasis

Legalizing Pot (3/12/21) (1, 2)
Ethical Hero Passes (3/5/21) (2,3)
​Spreading Silence (3/29/21) (1,2)
Terminating Parental Rights (3/21/21) (2)
Do Not Resuscitate? (3/8/21) (2)(3)
Amazon Book Banning (3/1/21) (1)
Valuing Service (2-15-21) (2,3)
Core Values & Negotiating (2-8-21) (2,3)
Core Values & GameStop Trading (2-2-21) (2)
​Cheating at West Point (1-25-21) (2,3)
​Food Banks: Ethics in Action (12/14/20) (3)
Global Obligations? (12-7-20) (3)
Triaging Care (11/30/20) (2)
Consent & Family Vlogging (11/16/20) (1,2)
Youth Philanthropy (11/9/20) (2, 3)
Obligation to Vote? (11/2/20) (2)
Historian's Responsibilities (10/26/20) (2,3)
Risks of Gene Editing (10/19/20) (2,3)
​Big-Bank Fraud (10/13/20) (2,3)
Academic Integrity (10/6/2) (1,2,3)
Freedom of Speech (9/28/20) (2,3)
Harassment as Protest (9/21/20) (2,3)
Forced Labor in China (9/14/20) (2,3)

Hi-Tech Crime Pandemic (6/8/20) (3)
Riot Ethics (6/2/20)(1,3)
Ways to Memorialize (5/26/20) (2,3)
​Caring for Others during COVID (5/18/20) (3)
Business Ethics during COVID (5/11/20) (1,2)
Service Motivation during COVID (5/4/20)(2,3)
COVID-19 Mandates (4-28-20)(2,3)
Surrogacy Ethics (4-21-20) (1,2,3)
Rent Waivers (4/13/20) (3)
Ethical Capitalism (4/6/20) (2)
​Resisting Racial Harassment (3/30/20) (2,3)
Serving During Pandemic (3/23/20) (2,3)
Responsibility to Neighbors vs Panic Buying (3/16/20) (1,3)
Alex Trebek and Value of Life (3/10/20) (1)
Values and Debate (3/3/20) (1,3)
Video Security vs Privacy (2/25/20) (2,3)
​Political Fraud (2/19/20) (1,2,)
Porn and Government Regulation (2/11/20) (1)
Homelessness in the US (2-3-20) (1,3)
Remembering the Holocaust (1/28/20)(1,2)
MLK Day (1/20/20) (2)
Astros Cheating (1/14/20) (1,3)
Core Values & Recalls (12/3/19) (1,2,3)
The Ethics of Protest (11/26/19) (1)
Values-Based Culture (11/19/19) (1,2)
The Ethics of Service (11/11/19) (1,2,3)
​Embezzlement: A Violation of Trust (11/4/19) (1,2,3)
Ethics and Resisting Cheating (10/29/19) (1,2,3)
Reflecting on Courage (10-21-19) (2)
​The Ethics of Automation (10/15/19) (1)
Beyond Pizza (the choice to help others) (10/7/19) (1,3)
The Choice to Resist Fraud (9-30-19) (1, 3)
The Mystery of Medical Pricing (9-23-19) (1,3)
​The Ethics of Whistleblowing (9-16-19) (1,3)
The Ethics of Binging (9/9/19) (1, 2)
What Price Integrity? (5-21-19) (1,2,3)
Student Loan Debt (5-6-19) (2)
Ethics of Suicide (3-18-19) (2, 3)
Opioid Crisis (1-24-19) (1,2)
Designer Babies (11/26/18) (1)
Ethics of Protest (11/12/18) (1,2)
​Core Values versus Hate (10/29/18) (2,3)
Immigration Ethics (10/22/18) (1,2,3)
Is Fairness Possible? Ford vs Kavanaugh (10/1/18) (2,3)

Is Google Biased? (2,3)
Core Values in the Justice System (2,3)
Core Values and Profit (1, 2)
Starbucks Conflict (2)
Facebook Data (2, 3) 
Hospital Billing (2,3)
Gun Control Debate (2,3)
Business Fraud (1,2,3)
Children Mining Cobalt (2,3)
Arming Teachers (1,2,3)
Immigration Reform (2,3)
Beyond Respect (1,3)
Obligation to Report (2,3)
Equifax and Responsibility to Clients (1)
Chobani: Ethics & Immigrant Capitalism (2)
Grade Hacking (2, 3)
Ethics of Suicide (2,3)
Legal versus Ethical (2,3)
When Protests turn Violent (1,2,3)
Ethics of a Hack (1,2)
Student Journalists (1,3)
H1B Visas: Firing US Workers (2,3)
Motivation to Serve (2,3)
CIA and WikiLeaks (1, 2)
Power Corrupts (2) 
No Room for Hate (1, 3)
Resisting Free Speech (1,3)
Friends and Vaping (1,3)
Travel Ban: Care or Callous (1)
Just Action or Lost Liberty (1,2)
Paying Ransom for Hostages (1,2)
Business Values: Carrier and US Jobs (2,3)
Privacy on the Internet? Issues with Shaming (3)
Follow the Money: Political Contributions (1,3)
Protecting the Brand: Title IX at Baylor (1,2 & 3)
Fired for Fraud (Wells Fargo) (3)
Restorative Justice or Extortion (1)
Justice for Campus Assault Cases (2 & 3)
Lying for Diplomacy (1,2 & 3)
Money, Mining and Death in South Africa (1,2,3)
​US Security and the Public's Right to Know (2 & 3)
The Rich get Richer (3 )
Competing Interests in Custody Case (2 & 3)
Responsibility in Political Rallies (2 & 3)
​Liberty and the KKK (2 & 3)
​Liberty versus Authority: Apple and the FBI (2)

​Ethics in action creates character