A reflection for this. Hope not below eight hundred words.

BUSINESS ETHICS SUBJECTS

Elizabeth was a teacher in a special needs school and had safeguarding concerns surrounding the behavior of one of the other teachers at the school. Elizabeth witnessed a teacher showing her colleagues a sexually explicit image of one of the students. The same teacher also spoke inappropriately about her own sex life in front of another student.

Elizabeth raised her concerns internally and the teacher was suspended for several months. Once elapsed, the teacher returned to the school and resumed her position. Furthermore, Nika was in fact disciplined by her employer for not having raised her concerns sooner.

Shortly thereafter, Elizabeth resigned because she did not wish to continue working alongside the other teacher. She wrote to the education authority, who reassured her that her concerns had been dealt with. Elizabeth was frustrated with the handling of her concerns and believed that safeguarding issues would remain so long as the teacher remained at the school.

Elizabeth believed that by disciplining her, her employer had subjected her to negative treatment for raising her concerns. As she was not satisfied with the outcome of the education authority's investigation, Elizabeth contacted PROTECT for advice on how to escalate the matter.

PROTECT advised Elizabeth to first approach the governors of the school with her concerns. Failing that, she was advised to re-engage with the education authority and appeal their findings.