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Nov 12, 2016
Undergraduate / Looking back on how I handled that situation I should have acted differently - ethical dilemma essay [3]
I have the basic idea of my essay below but it doesn't have a proper flow to it. This maybe do to the personal nature of the essay.
Please help me.
The topic is as follows:
Describe a setback or ethical dilemma that you have faced. How did you resolve it? How did the outcome affect you? Most importantly, what did you learn about yourself and how would you handle a similar situation in the future?
In my freshman year, I was given the choice to say nothing or speak up for what I believed was right and possibly incur the wrath of my coach (Coach was very intense). Golf is a unique game in that the player is also their own scorer or in other words there is no referee to catch you in an infraction. If you incur a penalty, you must call this upon yourself this is not to say that your opponent can not inform you of your infraction. Unlike sports like football and baseball where athletes are encouraged to push the boundaries of the rules, golf is a sport of honor which requires you to trust your opponent while they are out of sight in the woods and visa versa.
After a few weeks on the team, the coach outlined his new strategy in a pre-match team meeting for the league championship. He told us to watch our opponents closely for any rules violations and if we saw an opponent about to make an infraction to let them make as many violations as possible before tallying up their penalties at the end. I believe this was prompted by my performance the previous week, I had warned my opponents that they are about to make an inadvertent mistake and they would have incurred a two stroke penalty (we lost the match by one point). After several seconds had passed with no one speaking up against this "new" strategy, I spoke up and stated that this was going against the spirit of the game. The look I got from coach and some of the other players was not a friendly. Under the intense stares, I was compelled to explain that I truly want my opponents to do their very best and I never want to beat an opponent over a technicality. Ideally, I want my victories to be based in the best performance not the luckiest bounces. At this the coach began to retract is statements an seemed quite flustered. He never spoke to me regarding my response but I felt that I had hurt his feelings and credibility with the team.
Although there were no negative repercussions for me; looking back on how I handled that situation I should have acted differently. I should have had a private moment with the coach and explained my viewpoint, thus giving him the opportunity to address the group with his revised ideas. I was able to compete on the team for 4 years and was able in my last two years as team captain to help new players understand the honor code and how important it is.
I have the basic idea of my essay below but it doesn't have a proper flow to it. This maybe do to the personal nature of the essay.
Please help me.
The topic is as follows:
Describe a setback or ethical dilemma that you have faced. How did you resolve it? How did the outcome affect you? Most importantly, what did you learn about yourself and how would you handle a similar situation in the future?
In my freshman year, I was given the choice to say nothing or speak up for what I believed was right and possibly incur the wrath of my coach (Coach was very intense). Golf is a unique game in that the player is also their own scorer or in other words there is no referee to catch you in an infraction. If you incur a penalty, you must call this upon yourself this is not to say that your opponent can not inform you of your infraction. Unlike sports like football and baseball where athletes are encouraged to push the boundaries of the rules, golf is a sport of honor which requires you to trust your opponent while they are out of sight in the woods and visa versa.
After a few weeks on the team, the coach outlined his new strategy in a pre-match team meeting for the league championship. He told us to watch our opponents closely for any rules violations and if we saw an opponent about to make an infraction to let them make as many violations as possible before tallying up their penalties at the end. I believe this was prompted by my performance the previous week, I had warned my opponents that they are about to make an inadvertent mistake and they would have incurred a two stroke penalty (we lost the match by one point). After several seconds had passed with no one speaking up against this "new" strategy, I spoke up and stated that this was going against the spirit of the game. The look I got from coach and some of the other players was not a friendly. Under the intense stares, I was compelled to explain that I truly want my opponents to do their very best and I never want to beat an opponent over a technicality. Ideally, I want my victories to be based in the best performance not the luckiest bounces. At this the coach began to retract is statements an seemed quite flustered. He never spoke to me regarding my response but I felt that I had hurt his feelings and credibility with the team.
Although there were no negative repercussions for me; looking back on how I handled that situation I should have acted differently. I should have had a private moment with the coach and explained my viewpoint, thus giving him the opportunity to address the group with his revised ideas. I was able to compete on the team for 4 years and was able in my last two years as team captain to help new players understand the honor code and how important it is.