This is an ethics question that pertains, in this case, to a private Christian camp. At the camp, an alarm was sounded that signalled the need for a lost person rescue down at the lake. A young female camper was named, and people were frantic to find her and save her. Her brother was beside him in agony, hoping she'd be found. Counselors and program coordinators panicked.
In the end, they said it was all just a drill. The girl had been quietly "kidnapped" by staff, no one was told, and the drill started. This was condoned by the director of the waterfront and by his boss, one of the primary activity coordinators at the camp.
Employess were crying and frantic, campers were scared out of their minds, and the brother was experiencing trauma over imagining his sister might have drowned. The staff responsible said it was necessary in order to get people to take the drill seriously.
Sounds to me like the end justifying the means, and I think it's horribly unethical. Thoughts?
2006-06-30
23:10:55
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JStrat
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