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Sunday, January 11, 2009,
The article "The Fallen Servant" tells the story of what happened to Norman E. Creger, a 17-year old veteran of the Jackson (MI) Fire Department, back in 1982. The story shows many examples of ethical dilemma's. Approximately forty-five days later it was released that Creger was "legally" drunk. They said that his alcohol level was at a 0.16, and a driver was considered "under the ifnluence" when he was driving with one of 0.10. The autopsy report was released about a month after his death. However, when these reports were released there was lots of negative feedback from people across the state. People were furious with the fact that some newspapers/magazines would sink to such low heights just to sell their magazines/newspapers. People saw the headlines and stories to be "disrespectful" due to the fact that people were speaking ill of the dead, especially of a fallen veteran. The ethical dilemma that I saw in this article was the fact that people were speaking of ill of the dead. By publishing articles that give someone a bad name after they just tried to save your house/business is just wrong. What if your newspaper stand was on fire; would you not want them to try to put it out. The ethical dilemma I see is hypocrisy.
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