tania head ethics powerpoint

2.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcKI
p-PR4XM

4.  One of only 19 people from at or above
the point of impact who managed to
survive the attack on the South tower of
the World Trade Center.
 Her fiance died during the collapse of
the North tower.
 Americans and people worldwide felt
compassion toward her and her story of
survival.
 She became the face of the 9/11
survivors.

6. 9/11 Faker!

7.  She was not even in America during the
attacks! She was in Barcelona, Spain.
 Tania came from a wealthy family, but
had a bad reputation for lying and
deceiving people back in Spain.
 Her real name is Alicia Esteve Head.
 She didn’t have a fiance in the North
tower; she didn’t have a fiance at all…

8.  Tania joined the World Trade Center
Survivors’ Network and eventually rose to
president of the organization.
 She organized meetings for the group and
donated her own money to help support
the cause.
 Tania was the first person to gain access to
Ground Zero on behalf of the survivors.
 She gave the initial tour of Ground Zero
when the leading politicians opened the
tribute center in the eyes of the world press.

9. Is it ever right to lie,
even if you are
helping others?

10. -Tania Head -
- True Survivors -
- American Citizens -
- People directly or indirectly involved -
- WTCSN -
- Public Figures -
- The Press -

11. Immediacy and Thoroughness!
Is it so important to get the story printed
and delivered so quickly that the
information being presented has not
been checked for validity?

12. Truthfulness, thoroughness, impact
magnitude, human interest, humanness,
and immediacy!
People wanted heroes.
People wanted success stories.
People wanted a reason to feel better
following the devastating events on
September 11th.
People wanted exactly what Tania was
giving.

13. Favored By: Harmful To:
The Press Tania Head
The Public
The WTC survivors

14. Favored By: Harmful To:
Tania Head
Temporarily: Long Term:
The Press The Press
The Public The Public
The WTC survivors The WTC survivors

15. Favored By:
The Press
The Public
The WTC
survivors
Tania Head

16.  By taking her side without question, more
people were harmed than helped.
 Virtually everyone involved but Tania
was affected by the revealing of her
expansive network of lies.
 Taking a neutral stance and sticking to
the code while investigating a story
would have only left Tania getting hurt,
depending on the time frame of the lies
being discovered.

17.  While in a rush to honor immediacy,
thoroughness was tossed aside for the
want of printing a good story.
 If thoroughness had been applied,
neutrality would have been challenged.

18. Seek Truth and
Report It

19.  Test the accuracy of information
from all sources and exercise care
to avoid inadvertent error.
 Deliberate distortion is never
permissible.
 “Public Trust: Professional electronic
journalists should recognize that
their first obligation is to the public.”

20. Mill’s Principle of Utility:
Support“Seek the greatest
happiness for the greatest number.”
Aristotle’s Mean: Support “Moral
virtue is a middle state
determined by practical
wisdom.”
Kant’s Categorical Imperative:
What is right must be done
regardless of circumstances.

21. Kant’s Categorical Imperative: Reject “Act only
on that maxim whereby at the same time will
that it should become an universal law.”
Mill’s Principle of Utility: Support/Reject “Seek the
greatest happiness for the greatest number.”
Rawl’s Veil of Ignorance: Support “Behind the
Veil”
Islam’s Divine Commands: Reject “Justice,
Human Dignity and Truth are the
Unconditional Duties.”
Aristotle’s Mean: Rejects “Moral virtue is a
middle state determined by practical wisdom.”

22. Aristotle’s Mean: Support “Moral
virtue is a middle state determined by
practical wisdom.”
Mill’s Principle of Utility: Support
“Seeking the greatest happiness for
the greatest number.”
Kant’s Categorical Imperative:
Support “Act only on that maxim
whereby at the same time will that it
should become an universal law.”

28. EXPOSE

29.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfY
QfeLuSrQ&feature=youtu.be