Rick såtould take the money to the library supervisor to act as evidence that Morty has been loggmg Into a pofe sors' IP addles, without their permission, to downloaling …show more content…
They both have wcess to materials related to all the classes within the campus. Morty's actions of misusing the resources of the uni versity under the watch of Rick present Rick with an ethical dilemma. On one hand, being an employee of the institution, Rick has a responsibility to safeguard the material and resources entrusted in him, including the access to the computers. This neans that he has a duty to report the unethical conducts of his colleague, Morty. If the organization finds out that Rick was aware of Morty's misconduct and did not report it to the relevant authority, he could lose his job, be expelled horn the university, or even face serious legal charges. On the other hand, Rick does not want to be responsible for putting his colleague into the trouble of being expelled from …show more content…
This, however, might con* with some serious consequences both to him and his colleague. To saart with, the university might decide to expel Morty and file legal charges for the theft and sale documents. Being expelled could have severe implications on Wrty's performance, and if the university decides to take legal charges, Morty might go to prison.
On the other hand, although Rick will save hinyself from expulsion and the legal charges, Morty might becort* angry with him and, possibly, other students to against Rick.
This argument could be supported by the Euct that Morty enjoys a lot of support and has good connections with other students and peers that he has been allowing to burn ilk)vies and nujsic using the library computers. Moreover, Morty might decide to play a card in this scenario and present himself as the victim since there is no conclusive evidence against