Balancing Trust and Safety: Ethical Considerations in Confidential Student Disclosures

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Teaching, morality, privacy, education, trust, safety, high school, ethics, moral issues, leadership

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As a high school teacher, I am accustomed to confronting ethical dilemmas whose primary responsibility is to care for my students' well-being and academic growth. Making ethical decisions becomes extremely difficult in these cases, requiring careful consideration and weighing opposing moral issues. When there are Friday nights that I am concentrated on studies in the school hall beyond barbarities, it becomes a must that all is order; noise and light are extinguished as the last of daylight is creeping in. I lose myself in the moment, immersed in the tasks assigned to me. A sudden cry from a student with an emotional problem adds turmoil to my privacy, which I had enjoyed alone.
It has made me reflect on the ethical considerations that drive me to make certain decisions that I know are of primary importance. As our goal is to think through the complexities of ethical leadership in education, the investigation will focus on the unique relationship between the duty of care (nurturing) and compliance with confidentiality.

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[...] Making ethical decisions become extremely difficult in these cases, requiring careful consideration and weighing opposing moral issues. When there are Friday nights that I am concentrated on studies in the school hall beyond barbarities, it becomes a must that all is order, noise and light are extinguished as the last of daylight is creeping in. I lose myself in the moment, immersed in the tasks assigned to me. A sudden cry from a student with an emotional problem adds turmoil to my privacy, which I had enjoyed alone. [...]

[...] It has made me reflect on the ethical considerations that drive me to make certain decisions that I know are of primary importance. As our goal is to think through the complexities of ethical leadership in education, the investigation will focus on the unique relationship between the duty of care (nurturing) and compliance with confidentiality. Moral Problem This situation presents a moral dilemma challenging two crucial ethical imperatives: care and anonymity. The situation stops there at the chin, as the educators need to do a balancing act to respect the student's rights and care for him or her. [...]

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[...] At the same time, along with the commitment to maintain confidentiality, I must also have a chance to uphold the principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence. Proposed Response To deal with the dilemma of revealing the student's internal emotions and perceptions, I prefer to select the medium that influences the student to gain self-awareness and compassion. Since, as a tutor, I also have the responsibility to respect the students' trust and well-being, I need to pay the highest attention and treat them with the calmest compassion. [...]

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