Ethical Analysis

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This paper evaluates a case study involving a student that was caught smoking on school grounds, who in turn was charged with more serious accusations after the vice principal took matters into his own hands and searched personal property without consent. The paper shows that this case is problematic for a number of reasons, and this requires further consideration in future studies.

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"The case study involving a student's right to privacy in the school environment is somewhat unsettling for a variety of reasons. For example, the student in question, who disobeyed the rules on purpose by smoking in the restroom was not protected by her school administrators because she blatantly made the decision to go against school policy. This decision eventually caused a firestorm because of the vice principal's actions in searching the student's purse without her consent. These acts are legally appropriate, as demonstrated by the explanations of legal precedent in the case, but they are morally objectionable in many ways. The vice principal's actions are somewhat controversial by some standards because of the assumptions made that the ability to search a student's personal belongings is an appropriate action by a school official."

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