Ethical Decision-Making for School Programs

Questions Anti-Bullying Program Mentoring Program Community Outreach

Who will  By implementing the said  The school, parents, and  In a community outreach
benefit program, students who students/out of school youth program whether in urban or
from this experience bullying, the bully starting daycare to high rural, the school, community,
program? and the bullied, their parents, school can benefit on it. The and students can benefit
and the school will benefit on school can gain a positive from it. The school will be
this in a way that bullying image, parents don’t need to able to have a favourable
incidents will be monitored, worry about their child that perspective from the outside,
solutions will be sought to much because of the help of the community will be able to
prevent it from happening, the mentors, and receive help to solve some of
and punishments will be given students/out of school youth their problems and the
to those who seriously as well as the mentors can students will be able to feel
commit misconduct. attain learning that will be how good it is to help others.
useful for them.
Who will  With regards to the  No one will get harmed on  In a program which intends
be harmed implementation of Anti- the said program since its to help others, no one will be
by this Bullying Program, no one will purpose is to help those harmed except by sacrificing
program? actually get harmed if the people have access to basic a little amount of their time to
right decision was practiced. learning in education. People execute the said program.
For the bully, he might involved will have to spend
possibly be expelled from the time to reach out to the
school because of his needy but it will be done
behaviour but it is one way of voluntarily which is why there
disciplining the wrong act of a would be no problem.
student and never to harm
anyone.
Whose  On the said program, no  No one’s right will be violated  The Community Outreach
rights will one’s right will be violated because fairness will be Program will not violate
be violated because the judgement must practiced instead since the anyone’s right. Everyone will
by this be ensured to serve justice to mentoring program will be be participate voluntarily
program? those harmed by the bullying. allotted to those in need for which means that it is their
However during the bullying them to have access to heart’s desire to help the
process, the bully has education just like the others community.
violated the human rights of do.
the bullied in the way he or
she thinks, interact, and
express himself or herself.
Who will  Everyone will be able to  In this Mentoring Program,  Since this program is made
be able to exercise their rights. The everyone’s right will be to reach out to the
exercise school officials could arrive in exercised by helping out community and help them,
their the most accurate and fair each other to improve. The everyone will have a voice
rights? judgement exercising their school’s action in mentoring on it. The school will be the
rights. Parent will be able to the needy is their right to do one to decide the plans, the
protect their children, know so. The parents can still community will be
what they are experiencing, guide their children and for responsible for voicing out
and arrive with a common the students/out of school the kind of help they need,
understand to both parties. youth, they will be able to and the student will exercise
The bully will be given a widen their ideas and their freedom of will to
chance to explain and the knowledge which everyone decide if they want to
bullied to tell what he or she must be able to. participate or not.
has been feeling.
 Cases of Knowledge, Courage, Temperance, and Justice

Questions Homes or Residences Residential Communities School Communities

Knowledge  Mothers  Barangay Captains  School Presidents
They are good in They are the ones They are the ones
Which one takes the decision-makings for accountable for taking accountable for taking
lead and directs? their families control of the well-being control of the well-being of
of everyone and its everyone within the school
improvement. and for its betterment.
Courage  Fathers.  Barangay Police  Security Officials
They are the ones who  Other Officers  Everyone
Which one battles are the most powerful They ensure that the Security officials in terms of
and defends? and should be the one policies are being well the safety and everyone for
to protect their family regulated and punish the reputation of the school.
as much as possible. those who are wronged.
Temperance  Mothers  Barangay Captains  School Presidents
 Children  Treasurers  Treasurers
Which one takes They are responsible  Residents  Everyone
control of desires? for knowing the They have to make sure They have to make sure
difference between that the money of the that the money of the school
needs and wants to community will be used will be used wisely.
lessen the expenses of wisely. The residents Everyone including the
the family. know their needs so they students and faculty staff
must have a common must also be involved in
understanding. terms of their needs for a
wiser decision outcome.
Justice  Yes  Yes  Yes
However, their roles Based on their roles, they Based on their roles, they
Does everyone can be interchanged should know that they should know that they have
perform his/her role since every person have what it takes being what it takes being an
best fits his/her may have a different an authority and authority and individual in
nature? behaviour but if individual in community schools in the first place.
categorized based on in the first place.
what their roles should
do, listed above suits
their nature best.