Name: Rophe Jhann A.

Cesar Ethics Section: BPEd 1-1 Date: 9/18/23

Moral Dilemma
(Made-up)

College life is a wonderful experience for everyone who has access to it but
brings sorrow, regret, and jealousy to those who are unfortunate. Back when I was in
my fourth year in college (third year standing), all of us Geodetic Engineering students
were required to enroll in OJT Immersion-out before reaching the denouement of our
course. After enrolling, I was lucky enough to be enrolled in it with my classmates.
Then, the off-semester came, and we were deployed to our companies and were tasked
to do three hundred hours within two months.

While I was enjoying my immersion by doing specific tasks, attending hands-on

field expertise, and being mentored by two engineers, I witnessed a lot of issues in the
office and the field that may knock on my conscience in the future and affect my
well-being and professionalism. I have experienced a situation in which I need to
choose between the betterment of my engineer or our client. In this situation, I noticed
that my engineer forged our client’s signature that was being put in the survey plan
because it had corrections after being “Pending” in the Bureau of Lands. I asked my
engineer, “Is it okay sir to do things like these?” He replied, “It’s okay because it is too
stressful to go and make our clients sign it back.” I then thought from the back of my
head that this was very wrong and was worried about our clients and noticed my
engineer lacked professionalism.

I couldn't believe my eyes. It was unthinkable that a trusted and inspired

engineer, someone who had been with the company for years, would engage in such
unethical behavior. But the evidence seemed clear, and the potential consequences
were dire to the future of the survey firm and the Engineer himself. If the signatures
were indeed found out to be fraudulent and discovered by the authorities, the entire
project or the survey firm could be halted, causing significant financial losses to the
company and its members. If I tell our clients about the deed that my engineer made,
my engineer might know and I might get fired from my immersion while also possibly
going to fail my enrolled OJT but I brought up justice for the client. If I just shut my
mouth up and just watch my engineer do the dirty work, I might keep my job and
everyone will be happy unless caught.

In this moral dilemma, I faced the choice of prioritizing my standing as an OJT

instead of prioritizing professional integrity. I did not choose to report my engineer
because I might have problems emotionally and mentally. I selected my choice to
graduate as soon as possible and to decrease the stress that I have provided to my
parents.

Word Count: 481

Grammarly: Done