Question

After the homecoming football game, it was discovered that the winning team deflated the ball during their time on offense, so they could more easily win the game. Mark was assigned to write an article on this alleged scandal. Mark’s brother, however, was the quarterback for the team in question. Since he didn’t want his brother to get in trouble, he stated in the article “These allegations are completely unfair, and the team in question would never cheat as they are all honest people.” As it turns out, the team did cheat and did deflate the ball as they were accused of. Which of the following ethics did Mark break writing this article?
safety

objectivity

fairness

pursuance

Answer 1

Answer:

I think fairness

Explanation:

He was biased on what he wrote because the quarterback was his brother and he didn’t want to get in trouble