ETHICS Caf ETHICS Caf In week 4 we

ETHICS Café

ETHICS Café In week 4, we will explore what the letter “O” in the word “CORONA” may hold for us: • Change (week 1) • Openness • Resilience (week 3) • Obligation (week 4)4) • Network (week 5) • Attributes (week 6) (week 2)

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Obligation: A commitment, duty or responsibility As an educational organization, we are currently faced with the following duties: veducating people about the necessary precautions (such as washing hands and social distancing); vreiterating the government’s message around the movement lockdown; vshowing discernment by calling out fake news, and by preventing the distribution of rumours and fear-mongering messages; vshowing support and kindness to vulnerable people and households; vdocumenting our experiences in our community by writing it down, recording it and sharing it.

Moral Moratorium or Moral Imagination? The below article by Prof Deon Rossouw, CEO of The Ethics Institute of South Africa, sheds light on our ethical obligations in the current COVID 19 working environment. https: //www. tei. org. za/index. php/resources/articles/ethics-opinions/7963 -thisis-not-a-time-for-a-moral-moratorium-but-for-moral-imagination

Feel free to contact the ethics office ethics@westcoastcollege. co. za sbotha@westcoastcollege. co. za