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Steve Howard
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In reply to Kenpodoc, Ben22 and others:
some of you made some very valid points. However, please be sure your analogies apply. The situation at a dojo is not the same as a college or university or at a doctor's office. There is a different set of expectations that dictate what actions are ethical. Most study groups in a college course that would contain either another professor or grad assistant are organized and common knowledge to the instructor teaching the course. Even if the study group is not organized by the instructor/college but forms informally and spontaneously, there is an expectation in the college setting that such occasions will arise. Because this presumption is pre-existing, the same ethical dilema doesn't apply. The same is true for a doctor. The public and the medical profession regularly advise patients to seek second opinions. There is a pre-existing awareness of this possibility that changes the ethical dimensions of the situation. Also, most patients wouldn't discard the advice of a specialist to seek out the opinion of a first-year resident.
The point is, you need to be comparing oranges to oranges. But let's do that: if the instructor in question (in this case, Mr. Cappi) is known to not have a problem with an assistant instructor helping a lower belt outside of the dojo, then the instructor would have established a pre-existing assumption that such an action was completely ethical, and no dilema would apply.
As I believe Singing Tiger stated, there may be some other (unstated) variables that might change the ethics of the situation. Granted and conceded. Thank you all for some insight-full and conscientious posts.
Sincerely,
Steve Howard
www.kenporaw.bravepages.com
some of you made some very valid points. However, please be sure your analogies apply. The situation at a dojo is not the same as a college or university or at a doctor's office. There is a different set of expectations that dictate what actions are ethical. Most study groups in a college course that would contain either another professor or grad assistant are organized and common knowledge to the instructor teaching the course. Even if the study group is not organized by the instructor/college but forms informally and spontaneously, there is an expectation in the college setting that such occasions will arise. Because this presumption is pre-existing, the same ethical dilema doesn't apply. The same is true for a doctor. The public and the medical profession regularly advise patients to seek second opinions. There is a pre-existing awareness of this possibility that changes the ethical dimensions of the situation. Also, most patients wouldn't discard the advice of a specialist to seek out the opinion of a first-year resident.
The point is, you need to be comparing oranges to oranges. But let's do that: if the instructor in question (in this case, Mr. Cappi) is known to not have a problem with an assistant instructor helping a lower belt outside of the dojo, then the instructor would have established a pre-existing assumption that such an action was completely ethical, and no dilema would apply.
As I believe Singing Tiger stated, there may be some other (unstated) variables that might change the ethics of the situation. Granted and conceded. Thank you all for some insight-full and conscientious posts.
Sincerely,
Steve Howard
www.kenporaw.bravepages.com
