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Insta-Interruption
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Beth and Katie, two friends, go out to lunch. During their get-together, they are constantly interrupted by each other's social media use.
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A Tale of Two Cheaters
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Two college students at the same school face very different consequences for plagiarizing. Is this fair?
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Time is of the Essence
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Stephanie, a college student, must make a difficult decision about whether or not to be honest with a future employer in order to be hired.
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Scott, an SCU student, discovers an entry about him on a Facebook "confessions" page. He tries to decide if sites like this are funny or simply hurtful.
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Picking Up the Slack
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Greg, a college senior, struggles to decide whether or not he should give an apathetic groupmate an honest evaluation.
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Forgive and Forget
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Two college students could be deeply affected by the passing of a new student loan forgiveness act, the FSSA.
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Caught in the Middle
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Ben sees his friend, Tyler, cheating on his girlfriend. He feels caught in the middle.. What should he do?
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Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?
Miriam Schulman
Focus: College students struggle with a decision about how to help a man who is homeless.
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It Would Be an Honor
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Does your school have an Honor Code? Do you think it works? Why or why not?
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Boys Will Be Boys
Chloe Wilson
Focus: A college student in a relationship is challenged by her significant other's use of pornography.
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Members Only
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Two students at UC Hastings disagree about the school's basis for club funding. Based on the Supreme Court case "Christian Legal Society v. Martinez."
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Rock the Vote
Chloe Wilson
Focus: A college student tries to decide if one moral issue is enough to prevent her from voting for a political candidate.
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The Pre-Game
Miriam Schulman
Focus: Two college students, Ari and Daniel, face difficult decisions about what to do on a night out. An interactive video illustrates the possible outcomes!
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Claustrophobic
Chloe Wilson
Focus: A college freshman, Derek, tries to figure out how to deal with a clingy roommate.
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Rushing Into Things
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Katie, a college freshman, decides whether or not to rush for a sorority.
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Passion or Practicality?
Chloe Wilson
Focus: Mark must decide whether to please his parents and be relieved of his tuition costs or follow his passions and accrue substantial debt.
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Petty Theft
Chloe Wilson
Focus: A college student sees her best friend stealing from her roommate, and is forced to make a difficult decision.
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Once a Cheater...
Jake Teeny
Focus: An undergrad has to decide if he can still trust his friend when he sees the friend cheating in class.
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Cheat Sheet
Jake Teeny
Focus: Shelby must decide whether to report to her professor that one of her friends was cheating on a curved exam.
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Tyler Clementi Case - What Punishment Is Justifiable?
Jake Teeny
Focus: Dharun Ravi has been convicted of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering, and hindering arrest. What should be his punishment?
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Protesting Commencement
Jacob Teeny
Focus: A student contemplates the most ethical way to register objections to the University's choice of commencement speaker.
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The Dream Act
Ethics Center Media
Focus: Should those who reside in the U.S. illegally still be allowed to attain a U.S. education and what constitutes this eligibility?
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Paying For College ? Who Should Take Responsibility?
Jake Teeny
Focus: Should a college student's parents be burdened with paying expensive college tuition?
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A Good Sport? Do College Athletics Build Character
Jake Teeny
Focus: Nathan seems to have different values on and off the basketball court in this case study.
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Making the Grade
Miriam Schulman
Focus: Should Alejandro take an easy A or a challenging course in his major?
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Resume Inflation
Jake Teeny
Focus: Should a graduating senior stretch the truth on her resume?
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Down So Long: Helping a Friend With Depression
Jake Teeny
Focus: Megan struggles to deal with her friend and college roommate's depression.
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Pay Attention: Using Study Drugs
Jake Teeny
Focus: Offered some Adderall by a friend with a prescription, a freshman weighs whether using study drugs is the right thing to do.
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Sleeping Around
Jake Teeny
Focus: A case examining the ethics of casual sex
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The First Report
Kirk O. Hanson
Focus: A college president must decide how to respond to a report of a faculty member's sexual misconduct
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The Value of Giving
Jake Teeny
Focus: After all her Christmas gifts are purchased, Jessica wonders whether to get something for herself or give the rest of her money to charity.
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A Recycling Dilemma
Callie Tepper, Jared Pizzo, Andrw Kells, Kyle Dand
Focus: Steve and his housemates have thrown a big party. When he gets up the next morning, he finds that his friends have bagged up all the trash without recycling. What should he do?
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Sexting
Jacob Teeny
Focus: Mary's boyfriend asks her to text him a nude photo of herself. Is there anything wrong with that?
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? (Case Study)
Jacob Teeny
Focus: Jordan, who plays football for a big university, is having trouble making ends meet. Should he be compensated for the revenue he helps generate for his university?
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The Drinking Age
Jake Teeny
Focus: David, a freshman, is re-evaluating his previous decision not to drink until he turns 21.
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Let Me See Your Grades
Rebecca Bivona-Gutadauro
Focus: Juliana's parents expect her to show them her grades in college. Isn't it time for them to treat her as an adult?
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Why Am I at College?
Focus: An incoming freshman questions whether she is ready for college in this video case.
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Oh, the Cleaners Will Get That
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Whose responsibility is it to keep college common areas clean--the students who use them or the custodial staff?
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The Dealer in the Next Room
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: A student must decide what to do when he realizes his roommate is dealing drugs from their apartment.
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I Want to Remain a Virgin
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Katherine's boyfriend Max wants to express their growing love for each other sexually. Katherine has valued her virginity. What should she do?
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Facebook Gossip or Cyberbullying
Miriam Schulman
Focus: When Paige expresses her annoyance at her roommate in her Facebook status, is she cyberbullying?
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Living Situation
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Should Mo decide to live in an ethnically grouped dorm building?
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Dangerous Curves: A Case on Cheating
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Francesca sees friends cheating on a test, where the grades will be curved. Should she tell?
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Rush
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: A look at the ethical questions in rushing a fraternity
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Should I Call the EMTs?
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: A student must decide whether to call for help when a friend passes out from drinking.
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Major Decision
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Do parents have the right to decide on their child's college major?
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Sexiled
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Freshmen Brad and Wilson have to work out a fair way to share their room.
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Party!
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: A pre-law student tries to balance his academic and social life.
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The Slowdown Hits Home
Rebecca Bivona Guttadauro
Focus: When her family's financial situation changes, Kayla must decide whether to go to her first-choice, expensive college and allow her parents to dip into their retirement.
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Student Debt and the Importance of College: An Ethics Case
Meghan Skarzynski
Focus: A student reflects on whether taking out a tuition loan is responsible
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World of Warren
Miriam Schulman
Focus: Warren is so involved in WoW that he rarely leaves his computer except to go to class. Is there anything ethically wrong with what he's doing?
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Job Search Dilemma
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: A job applicant is offered a job that is not his first choice. Should he take it and continue looking?
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I Can't Get a C
Miriam Schulman
Focus: A pre-med student considers copying the homework in Art History.
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Group Project
Miriam Schulman
Focus: One member of a group project team is failing to carry her weight. What is the fair way to deal with members who don't do their fair share?
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Not Hungry
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: A college student must decide what to do when her roommate shows signs of having anorexia.
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Theme Party
Focus: A "Fresh off the Boat" party pokes fun at Asians.
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Friends With Benefits
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: When alcohol and sex mix, two students wake up angry. Who is responsible?
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Poster Wars: When Is Speech Offensive?
Rebecca Bivona-Guttadauro
Focus: Dorm floormates come into conflict over a political poster.
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Student Choices: My Poster, My Identity
Rebecca Fox-Bivona
Focus: A political poster creates conflicts on a dorm floor.
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Student Choices: My Homework or Our Homework
Rebecca Fox-Bivona
Focus: When does collaboration become cheating?
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Student Choices: What Will Sex Mean?
Rebecca Fox-Bivona
Focus: Katherine wants to remain a virgin.
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The Duties of Friendship
Rebecca Fox-Bivona
Focus: A student must decide whether to call the EMTs when her friend passes out after drinking
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Competing Identities
Rebecca Fox-Bivona
Focus: A poster on a student's dorm room door causes controversy.
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Finals Week: What to do about stimulants?
Rebecca Fox-Bivona
Focus: A case exploring whether taking drugs like Adderall to improve cognitive performance is simply a form of enhancement or a form of cheating.
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When Do I Friend?
Noelle Lopez
Focus: Do the same rules apply to Facebook friends and "real-world" friends?
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Racism
A Student Scenario
Focus: Molly has just been accepted at Stanford University and calls her friend Terri to tell her the good news. Terri assumes that Molly was accepted because of her race.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Thomas Shanks
Focus: What are the ethical questions involved when an innocent prank turns into academic cheating?
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Parental Relations
Student Scenario
Focus: Jeff is questioned by his mother about his recent behavior. Has one of them overstepped his or her boundaries?
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Integrity
Student Scenario
Focus: A student buys a paper from an Internet site.
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Homophobia
Student Scenario
Focus: A student discussion of prejudice and homosexuality.
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Date Rape
A Student Scenario
Focus: Some students are at a party, drinking and watching movies. One of the students finds herself being taken advantage of.
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Vandalism
A Student Scenario
Focus: Students debate a revenge act of vandalism.
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