This week in lab we had the most awesome time! We did a moot court! I got to be a Supreme Court judge.
In a court it is imperative that everyone is keeps their integrity, and also sticks to their ethical values. With out these two contributors the judicial system would be a flop. Courts to their best ability try to keep these two traits by having witnesses take on oath on the bible. Attorney’s jobs are to argue the interests on those they are hired by. This can cause personal conflict and they may have to take the side of the guilty which may not be the proper thing to do but it is their job. The witnesses I saw stuck to their guns and did not falter due to peer pressure. The final decision was correct, Jack was not obeying the honor code they had been set by the school, the only problem for me personally was the issue with only males having to abide by the hair length, and all the other rules were for guys and girls except for that one.
In my leadership role there are many kids and not so many toys... conflicts rise constantly between kids who are not willing to share. All the kids are watched by a college student so when conflicts arise if my kid is the one taking the wrong action I tell him he is misbehaving and that taking toys is not honest. Thru this action I hope that he can learn honesty and develop ethical values.
I totally agree with you because i also found the witnesses stuck with their guns. And i believe it was their personal choice because of their personal ethics and integrity which is the most important things as a human beings. They did not hesitate due to pressure. And the decision was great because jack deserved that for what he did.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your comments. It really is a balancing act of what you should do in court because there are the lawyers who are doing it for thier job, the witnesses who are under an immense amount of pressure, and there are people who are manipulating the system for thier own gain.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you talked were able to relate it to your leadership role as well. Maybe you should become a judge!
Great thoughts! I'm glad that you believe courts use ethics and integrity. It is true that it would all be chaos if they did not. It's interesting teaching children right between wrong isn't it?
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