Analyse an online scenario in four steps: who is involved, what happened, which value applies and what should happen next. Write each step as one sentence and you have a complete answer.
This lesson is part of information and digital conduct.
What are the four steps?
- Who? List everyone affected, including people not in the chat.
- What happened? State the action in one line.
- Which value? Choose the value that speaks to that action.
- What next? State what the person should do and why it helps.
The Moral scenario response planner lets you practise these four steps on new situations.
Worked example
Scenario: In an online group project, Siti notices that Adam has copied a paragraph from a website and pasted it into the shared document as his own. The deadline is tonight. Siti is unsure whether to say anything.
Who: Siti, Adam, the other group members and the teacher who will mark the work.
What happened: Adam submitted copied work as his own.
Value: Honesty, because the work claims to be original when it is not.
Next: Siti should speak to Adam privately and ask him to rewrite the paragraph in his own words.
Written out: “Siti should talk to Adam privately and ask him to rewrite the paragraph because honesty means presenting only work that is your own. If the copying is found later, the whole group could lose marks, and Adam would lose his teacher’s trust. Speaking privately first is respectful and gives him a chance to fix it.”
The mistake to avoid
A common slip is writing only about the person who acted and forgetting the others affected. Here that would mean writing only about Adam.
| Step | Weak | Stronger |
|---|---|---|
| Who | Adam | Adam, group, teacher |
| Action | Tell the teacher | Talk to Adam first |
| Consequence | Adam gets in trouble | Group loses marks, trust is damaged |
Check yourself
Scenario: Priya joins a live stream where a classmate is being laughed at for a mistake. Others keep posting laughing emojis. Use the four steps to write an answer.
Answer
Who: Priya, the classmate, the other viewers and the teacher if reported.
What happened: A classmate is being mocked publicly.
Value: Respect, with consideration for how the classmate feels.
Next: Priya should not post emojis, should send the classmate a kind private message, and can tell a teacher if the mocking continues.
Written answer: “Priya should not join the laughing and should message the classmate kindly, because respect means not adding to someone’s humiliation. The classmate may feel isolated if nobody supports her, and a private message shows she is not alone.”
What to study next
Continue with considering consequences without collecting personal incidents, then practise on the section practice page.
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