Ethics Of Hazing

Now let's discuss some of the disadvantages. Consider your hectic schedule, and then consider another hectic schedule on top of it. While meetings and some events, like charity and recruitment, might be mandatory, others are optional. Though, chances are, you’ll want to attend the fun, frequent social events. Let’s get into the fun stuff, housing. While not all houses are the same, many have a lot of rules and requirements in order to live there, like specific study hours or attendance policies. If you’re more of a free spirit, this may not be your thing. Do you work? Well, you might have to. Fraternities and sororities require membership fees. For example, the initiation dues of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity are about $265 in addition to the

Binge drinking has numerous of outcomes and can ultimately cause someone their life. Here at SJSU, there has not been any recent deaths by alcohol; however, countless students still allow themselves to drink too much, which can lead to sexual assaults and unprotected sex. In addition, 43% of SJSU students have admitted to doing something they regretted while under the influence (ACHA-NCHA II, 2016).

Reitman acquires information that in 2010, a first year student by the name of Andrew Lohse, pledged to a fraternity called Sigma Alpha Epsilon which disclosed the traditions of Greek hazing. The article elaborately describes the acts of hazing new pledges must face. “One brother recalls the night some of the pledges were served a scramble of vomit and eggs, known as a ‘vomlet’” (356). Lohse unveiled all of the hazing events that he had been involved with for nearly two years, until it had become clear that

Imagine a world without hazing. I believe organization could be creative and find new exciting ways to make students work to get into the club. Academically, community service, a drawing, or donates to the organization. A world without hazing would reduce lives, value morals, no stress, no humiliation, and no unwanted done to the human body. “Statistics show 1.5 million high school students are hazed each year; 47% of students came to college already having experienced hazing, 40% of athletes who reported being involved in hazing behaviors report that a coach or advisor was aware of the activity; 22% report that the coach was involved, Nine out of ten students who have experienced hazing behavior in college do not consider themselves to have been hazed, and 36% of students say they would not report hazing primarily because "there's no one to tell," and 27% feel that adults won't handle it right. Hazing should be banned because of what the pledges have to endure. Hazing is indeed a serious issue, particularly in the schools and colleges, and will have serious repercussions. Even survivors of hazing are not safe from it; the scars, psychological or physical, will not fade completely. We as a nation have to come together and banned hazing from our

Often partying, drinking, and hazing are key words that come to mine when talking about fraternities and sororities. “Since 1975, there has been at least one hazing-induced death per year across college campuses—and 82% of these have come as a result of binge drinking” (Glass, Nicole). Greek life leads to a culture of alcohol and drug abuse. Young, inexperienced drinkers find themselves running into trouble when trying to fit in around alcohol. Also there are some organizations that partake in “forcing new members to drink as much as possible” as part of a right of passage (“Joining”). The drinking habits being learned due to Greek life cause a serious threat to a student’s life in the present and in the future. Statistically, “75% of fraternity members engaging in heavy drinking compared with 49%” of non-fraternity members (“15”). Also like fraternity men, “62% of sorority members engage in binge drinking compared with 41%” of non-sorority women (“15”). The likelihood that members in Greek life are more likely to suffer from substance abuse after graduation scare away the timid potential new

come to an end, and it is still implemented in hundreds of schools. There are

Hazing is a very serious issue throughout America. Hazing, by definition, is any action or

In continuation, hazing can happen to athletics. In 1999, 224 NCAA schools with 2,027 athletes were surveyed (Study). Football was at the top of the list, but swimming and lacrosse were not so far behind. Two-thirds of these athletes were forced to do embarrassing things. The study was then expanded to a national survey. More than 250,000 college athletes experienced some sort of hazing. Enable for them to join a team, hazing changed that opportunity of not getting in. Some athletes have been beaten, kidnapped, and abandoned; for them to find their way

Caitlin Flanagan uses her article to educate people about what hazing actually is. She speaks to former pledges and introduces us to what is known as the SHEP test. Flanagan also mentions how in many placing hazing has been banned but still continues in many fraternity houses across the United States. Despite many universities best effort, it is hard to stop hazing because many fraternities are off campus and the college has little control over them.

Summary: Matthew Haag’s New York Times article, “10 Additional Penn State Students Charged in Hazing Death of Pledge” begins with the discovery that members of the fraternity Beta Theta Pi deleted footage of the incident. This sudden realization by the F.B.I. led to the accusation of 10 additional suspects within the fraternity. The deleted footage revealed Mr. Piazza was “given at least 18 alcoholic drinks over 82 minutes at the Feb. 2 fraternity party.” The new video later showed him repeatedly falling down the stairs ultimately cracking his skull and busting his spleen from the continuous falls. So far charges have been presented upon all twelve of the involved.

He portrays the pre-game tailgate experience as one that encourages college students to binge drink in order to maintain their buzz during the lengthy game. Regarding this issue, Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses overviews the epidemic of binge-drinking on college game day; along with how individuals in leadership positions should combat the rampant problem. The book chronicles several binge-drinkers daily activities. Specifically, one subject in particular recounted his pre-game rituals which included copious amounts of beer, liquor, and spirits throughout his day. The authors, Henry Wechsler and Bernice Wuethrich also articulate in their book how underage drinking, along with binge-drinking can have detrimental cognitive ramifications that include a loss of brain cells and a pre-disposition to cirrhosis of the liver. In an excerpt, Wechsler and Wuethruch list a myriad of negative short and long term effects binge-drinking has on the body, including: “headaches, breathing difficulties, anemia, high blood pressure, liver damage, nerve damage, vitamin B1 deficiency, ulcers, gastritis, malnutrition, and cancer of the mouth and throat” (Wechsler and Wuethruch 27). These numerous ailments can and will be lessened when a

Hazing in universities across the nation has become an increasingly dangerous ritual that is seemingly becoming more difficult to put an end to due to its development into an "underground" activity. Though a regular activity in the seventies, hazing, a possible dangerous act of initiation to a group, has now become an activity that is banned in thirty-nine states (Wagner 16). However, this ritual has not been stopped or become less severe. In fact it is becoming more dangerous. Since it has been banned, with many colleges imposing their own penalties against those participating in it, many fraternities and sororities have pursued this activity in an underground fashion. Since these groups have gone underground, some victims of these

Hazing in universities across the nation has become an increasingly dangerous ritual that is seemingly becoming more difficult to put an end to due to its development into an “underground” activity. Though a regular activity in the seventies, hazing, a possible dangerous act of initiation to a group, has now become an activity that is banned in thirty-nine states (Wagner 16). However, this ritual has not been stopped or become less severe. In fact it is becoming more dangerous. Since it has been banned, with many colleges imposing their own penalties against those participating in it, many fraternities and sororities have pursued this activity in an underground fashion. Since these groups have gone underground, some victims of these

There is a new and extremely dangerous culture emerging on college campuses across the United States. Despite the fatal possibilities, more and more college students choose to affiliate with this trending culture and ignore the possibility of death. A culture that college students construct to be the social norms for peers to align their behaviors with and that trending culture is that of “drunkorexia” (youtube.com/watch?v=jaQKa0OrC3I). Drunkorexia is an urban term, which defines as the combination of substance abuse and binge purging/eating while imposing self-starvation (urbandictionary.com). This not only affects the integrity and prestige of college campuses across the U.S. but more importantly the young lives of those that associate with this deviant culture.

This case poses the ethical dilemma of hazing, a dilemma that can be found throughout sports teams on all levels in today’s society. Hazing, as defined by the Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003, is “any assumption of authority by a student whereby another student suffers or is exposed to cruelty, intimidation, humiliation or embarrassment”. Additionally, the term hazing describes rituals and other activities used as a way of initiating a person into a group that involves performing excessive exercise, committing dangerous activities, or consuming offensive foods and alcohol. In many circumstances, hazing is directed by team leaders, such as captains or seniors. Another ethical dilemma in this case is poor supervision by the