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    Fischer faced a dilemma when one of his team members, Kruse, fell ill high on Mount Everest. As the expedition leader, Fischer had to decide whether to escort Kruse down himself, leaving the rest of the team, or have someone else take Kruse down while Fischer continued leading the ascent. Later, another team member, Ngawang Topche, fell ill but insisted on continuing instead of immediately returning to base camp for treatment. Fischer allowed Topche to keep climbing instead of forcing him to go back, but Topche later died because of the delayed treatment. Finally, when the climber Harris became disoriented during descent and mistakenly said there was no more supplemental oxygen at the South Summit, Krak

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    Fischer faced a dilemma when one of his team members, Kruse, fell ill high on Mount Everest. As the expedition leader, Fischer had to decide whether to escort Kruse down himself, leaving the rest of the team, or have someone else take Kruse down while Fischer continued leading the ascent. Later, another team member, Ngawang Topche, fell ill but insisted on continuing instead of immediately returning to base camp for treatment. Fischer allowed Topche to keep climbing instead of forcing him to go back, but Topche later died because of the delayed treatment. Finally, when the climber Harris became disoriented during descent and mistakenly said there was no more supplemental oxygen at the South Summit, Krak

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    GLRM0020 Professional Ethics and Integrity (S01) : Name: Ega Puspita Leriana Matric No: A17KT0343

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    Fischer faced a dilemma when one of his team members, Kruse, fell ill high on Mount Everest. As the expedition leader, Fischer had to decide whether to escort Kruse down himself, leaving the rest of the team, or have someone else take Kruse down while Fischer continued leading the ascent. Later, another team member, Ngawang Topche, fell ill but insisted on continuing instead of immediately returning to base camp for treatment. Fischer allowed Topche to keep climbing instead of forcing him to go back, but Topche later died because of the delayed treatment. Finally, when the climber Harris became disoriented during descent and mistakenly said there was no more supplemental oxygen at the South Summit, Krak

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    NAME : EGA PUSPITA LERIANA

    MATRIC NO : A17KT0343
    GLRM0020 - Professional Ethics and Integrity (S01)

    ASSIGNMENT 2

    LEADERSHIP LESSONS ON MOUNT EVEREST 1996

    No. Ethical challenges Decision

    When the Mountain Madness expedition Fischer claimed that Kruse was his friend and
    travelled from Base Camp to Camp II, it was hard to leave his side seeing the state he
    Kruse became ill. Fischer, being the guide was in. However, being the guide, he had a
    for the team, faced a dilemma of whether responsibility towards his entire
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    to escort him down the mountain, leaving team. Fischer should not put the entire team
    the rest of the team continuing without at risk just for the sake of accompanying a
    him; or to continue the ascent with the friend. Therefore, the best decision a leader
    team. could make is to allow someone else to escort
    Kruse down the mountain, while Fischer
    continues the ascent with the team.

    Fischer encountered Ngawang Topche As a leader of the expedition, Fischer should


    who was ill, and he instructed Topche to be strict on his action because he is holding

    2 return to the base camp to receive medical the responsibility of the team. He should force
    assistance. Topche insisted on returning Topche to return the base camp even if
    to the base camp to receive treatment and Topche insisted because it might cause a huge
    continue to climb. Instead of forcing problem to the team if someone was sick. His
    Topche to return, Fischer chose to let late action ended up causing Topche to lose
    Topche continue the expedition. his life because of receiving late treatment.

    Harris who is a guide has become The ethical decision that Krakauer should
    disoriented during the descent since he make is actually tell the true information
    mistakenly concluded that there is no about supplemental oxygen remaining at the
    supplemental oxygen remaining at the South Summit. He should not ignore that
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    South Summit. However, Krakauer and mistake and should speak up to clear the
    Adam could not convince Harris about his misunderstanding and prevent the spreading
    mistake even though they had discovered of erroneous information to the others. This is
    the error when they arrived at the South because the clear and true information can
    Summit. The ignorance of Krakauer and bring a chance for Hansen to keep alive by
    Adam to deliver the true information has providing the supplemental oxygen which is
    led to further spreading of erroneous desperately needed by Hansen.
    information especially when Hall radioed
    Harris for assistance at the time where
    Hansen desperately needed more oxygen.
    This has led to the death of Hansen
    followed by Hall who refuses to leave his
    client at that time.

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