Nov 15 - Discussion Questions

• What if you know another colleague is teaching with a strong personal bias and is not presenting their students with objective material? Is this an ethical violation? Does this vary from professor to professor/department to department?
• We have discussed at length the ethics regarding inappropriate student/teacher relationships. What if your ex-spouse, partner etc. has a new significant other that has registered for your class (it's plausible...we are still somewhat young). What is the ethical thing to do??
• Is it ethical to have one of your students babysit your child/children? What about housesititng if you are out of town?
• Is it seen as any worse when a graduate student and a professor have an intimate relationship as opposed to an undergrad and a professor? Many of the most prominant females in psychology actually were married to thier major professors and probably fell in love when they were their research assistants.
• Is there ever a situation in which it is okay for an instructor to socialize with his or her students on a regular basis outside of the educational institution?
• How should an instructor react if they begin to feel that their interactions with a student outside of class - as a TA or in clubs/committees - are influencing the students grade in their class, especially if the student is not doing very well?
• When preparing to teach a course is it ethical to teach on topics which may be unfamiliar to you. Teachers often are portrayed as experts on subject material, how often is it that a professor only has limited amounts of experience with the topic he or she is teaching, and is it right to portray yourself as knowing more than you do?