Question

Linda Grabeck did not have an athletic scholarship, there simply weren't enough scholarships to go around. Until the NCAA relaxed the rules and allowed you to come up with more scholarships, that was the way it had to be.

When you spoke to Linda about your concerns, she was very open about her part-time job. She indicated that, of course, college was very expensive. Tuition and fees were high and the cost of books and other materials grew more expensive each year. Certainly jobs were available such as working at one of the many burger joints in the area. But Linda told you that she could make as much in a single night of nude dancing as she could make in a whole week of flipping burgers, She asked how people knew that she was a Carver State athlete because she never wore any clothing at the club to connect her to the university or the track team.

You assured her that these things had a way of getting around, and that some of the school's baseball players had been in the club and noticed her. Linda said it seemed unfair that the ballplayers had worn their Carver State caps and sweatshirts to the establishment and she was the one getting called in on the carpet. You said that may be true, but that was a different issue that someone else would have to deal with.

So that was her side of the story. Linda Grabeck was an exotic dancer but she was not trying to use her position as a member of the track team in any way to her advantage. She saw it as a simple case of economics. She needed the money for school and this was the best way to make it. Besides, as she commented, “A lot of college students do this." She went on to say that her job was part of her private life and on her own time. She was not an 18 year-old freshman. She was a young adult who was capable of weighing the advantages and disadvantages of working in an all-nude club. Furthermore, Linda suggested that there might be a double standard at the school if it was acceptable for male athletes to visit a strip club but not acceptable for female athletes to work there.

However, there were other serious issues that you could not ignore. Not only did you have a responsibility to Linda, you had a responsibility to the university, other members of the track team, and yourself. Carver State had a particular image that it had earned over the years. This was an institution that cared about its students. Parents liked the idea of sending their sons and daughters to a school that was reasonably conservative and fairly safe. That image would be harmed if people knew that the school's athletes were working as strippers in the local bars, You wondered how you would respond to the parents of a young woman you were recruiting if they asked about a member of the track team who worked as a stripper

QUESTIONS

• What components of this case are technical and what components are

ethical?

• At what point in the chain of problems and symptoms can you effectively

intervene?

• What are the consequences of allowing Ms. Grabeck to be on the track

team while she works as a stripper (long- and short-term)?

• Who will benefit and who will suffer if Ms. Grabeck cannot be on the

team and continue her chosen employment (long- and short-term)?

• To whom do you owe an obligation in this situation?

• What are the expectations for college coaches?

• How have you acted in a situation similar to this one? What did you

learn from that experience?

Answer 1

• What components of this case are technical and what components are

ethical?

a. Technical: If the animal heads stay up then attendance to the nature center will suffer and not be utilized to its full potential. Without the heads, there will not be adequate funding to keep the facility open then no one can utilize it.

b. Ethical: Promise to Mrs. Linda to memorialize her husband who passed away

• At what point in the chain of problems and symptoms can you effectively

intervene?

a. Find another way to memorialize Mrs. Linda’s husband through a statue, plaque or something else.

• What are the consequences of allowing Ms. Grabeck to be on the track

team while she works as a stripper (long- and short-term)?

a. Consequences of being stripper: Short term you create ill will with the public, long term you create an atmosphere that people are not comfortable in and less people will come.

b. Consequences of not being one: Short term lose funding but fix reputation with the public and momentarily more people attend, long term closing of facility due to lack of funding.

• Who will benefit and who will suffer if Ms. Grabeck cannot be on the

team and continue her chosen employment (long- and short-term)?

a. Benefit: Short term Mrs. Linda is satisfied, long term the Nature Center will have enough funding to stay open.

Suffer: Short term builds a negative reputation with the public, long term Nature Center will lose many participants actual and prospective

• To whom do you owe an obligation in this situation?

a. Mrs. Linda to keep her happy, to the public to provide a pleasurable experience

• What are the expectations for college coaches?

a. To maintain the facility as best they can with the budget they have, to maintain positive relationships with any donators, to provide a pleasurable experience to all participants.

• How have you acted in a situation similar to this one? What did you

learn from that experience?

a. You must always please the ones who are giving you money first and foremost even if in the best interest of the participants it would be wise to alter your course of action. This is necessary for as long it takes to either find other means of funding or alter the thinking of the beneficiary who is being difficult.

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