CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY

TUGUEGARAO CITY
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
ETHICS
COLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
University Vision
Transforming lives by educating for the best
University Mission
Cagayan State University is committed to transform the lives of people and communities through high
quality instruction and innovative research and development, production and extension

This lady graduated from a prestigious university but she was told that no company would want
to hire her because of one thing she took for granted.

12 years ago, a girl who had just finished her high school went to France to further her
studies. The first time she arrived at the country, she noticed that all tickets for public
transportation were sold at the self-service machines. She also noticed that there were no
machines to validate the ticket or ticket inspectors walking around to check tickets.
There might be a few ticket inspections but they were really random and rare. So, she calculated
the probability of her getting caught without a valid ticket and figured out that the odds of getting
caught were only three out of 10,000 times.
Realizing how much money she could save by not buying tickets and thinking that she
would never get caught if she did so, the girl then started to use public transportation
without buying a ticket beforehand
“I’m a student and if I can save money by not buying tickets, why not? No one will ever caught
me anyway,” the girl thought to herself.
Four years later, the girl finally graduated with flying colors from her prestigious university.
With her excellent results, she was confident that job offers would start pouring in.
She then went to several large companies to send in her resume in hope to land her dream job.
However, it turned out that the companies were not impressed and rejected her application a few
days after she sent her application.
After several rejections, she thought that these companies may have rejected her on
discriminatory reasons. Unsatisfied with her unsuccessful applications, she then confronted the
manager of the company to ask for the real reason of her being rejected by the company.
To her surprise, the manager’s answer gave her an unexpected answer.
“Miss, we do not discriminate against you. On the contrary, we really appreciate your interest to
work with us and frankly, we are very impressed with your educational background and
academic achievement. Based on your resume alone, you are the exact person we are looking for
the position,” the manager replied.
“If that so, then why did you reject me,” the girl asked.
Because from the background check we did on you, we find out that you have three outstanding
fines of failure to present ticket on public transports.”
The girl was surprised with the manager’s reply.
However, she thought that reason was nothing for the company to reject her application
“I’m not denying what you have just said but this trivial matter is not related to my job
application at all. How could you reject me based on my failure to buy tickets for public
transports?”
“Trivial? We do not think that this matter is a trivial thing. At first, we noticed that your first fine
was when you first came to this country. So, we let it go thinking that you were not familiar with
the ticketing system yet. However, we find out that you continued to do so after that in more than
two occasions.”
“I just did not have money at that time.”
“No, young lady. We do not accept such manner in our company. I am sure you have never paid
for tickets before.”
The girl was not satisfied with the manager’s reply. “But you do not necessarily reject me on that
reason. Is there anything that I could do to fix it and still get a job here?”
“No, I’m afraid not. It shows to us two things. First, you do not respect the rules. You found a
loophole in the system and yet you deliberately broke the law.”
“Second, you have shown to us that you cannot be trusted. While most of our jobs require a high
discretion to protect the company’s privacy and rights, what would happen if we were to give
authority to a person like you who would find it okay to abuse your power and knowledge about
the company for your own benefit?”
“So, we cannot accept your application. In fact, no companies in this country will hire you.
Not even the entire Europe, if I may say,” the manager said firmly
At that moment, the girl realized about the consequences of the thing she thought trivial.
The manager then further said: “Morality can always supplement the lack of intelligence but
intelligence can never justify one’s lack in ethics.”
Ethics are one of the important qualities a person must have. It is beyond one’s status or wealth.
No one will trust you if you do not have ethics even if you have an impressive social status and
educational background.

ORAL EXAM (CASE DIGEST)

Based on the story please answer the following questions:

1. Knowledge, physical health and strength are good, but first and above all-good
character. Explain.
2. ”Morality is the only way for the fulfillment of man’s supreme purpose”
Explain.
3. How do we reach ethical conclusions using reason and how are we supposed to know
what the best reasons are in specific cases?

There are two fundamental questions of ethics;

1. WHAT IS MORALITY?
2. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

Question:
a. Show the intimate connection between the two questions (question no.1 and question
no.2)
b. In connection with the first question,( question letter a) why is the study of ethics of
supreme importance in any curriculum of life?
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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
TUGUEGARAO CITY
COLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
RUBRICS FOR ORAL EXAM
MORAL PHILOSOPHY
University Vision
Transforming lives by educating for the best
University Mission
Cagayan State University is committed to transform the lives of people and communities through high quality
instruction and innovative research, development, production and extension.
NAME: SCORE:
Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Criteria SCORE
(16-20) (11-15) (6-10) (1-5)
- very high degree - consider able - moderate insufficient
Knowledge / of understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of
Understanding ideas/concepts/ ideas/concepts/ ideas/concepts/ ideas/concepts/
-scope of arguments/evidence arguments/evidence arguments/evidence arguments/evidence
knowledge on topic of topic of topic of topic

-highly effective -uses effective -uses -uses little

Thinking / use of critical/analytical critical/analytical critical/analytical
Inquiry critical/analytical thinking skills to thinking skills to thinking skills to
-responses to thinking skills to respond to respond to respond to
challenges respond to challenges/ challenges/ challenges /
challenges / questions using questions using questions
questions using examples, concepts examples, concepts
concrete examples, or analogies or analogies
concepts or with moderate
analogies effectiveness
-exceptionally -concrete oral -adequate uses little
Communicatio effective and communication professionalism in application of oral
n professional oral skills that reflect oral communication communication
-articulation of communication professionalism(e.g., skills (e.g., skills or
ideas skills (e.g., academic language, academic language, professionalism(e.g.,
- scholarly / correct grammar and correct grammar correct grammar and
academic language, sentence structure; and sentence sentence structure;
correct grammar rhetorical devices; structure; rhetorical rhetorical devices;
and sentence voice projection; devices; voice voice projection;
structure; rhetorical gestures; body projection; gestures; gestures; body
devices; voice language; timing) body language; language; timing)
projection; timing) with a
gestures; body moderate degree of
language; timing) effectiveness
-excellent - organizes and - adequate lack of
Application organization and applies researched organization and organization and
- organization of application of ideas, arguments, application of application of
ideas and clear researched ideas, counter arguments researched ideas, researched ideas,
connections arguments , counter and evidence to arguments, counter arguments, counter
(synopsis and arguments and thesis effectively in arguments and arguments and
oral summary evidence to thesis synopsis and oral evidence to thesis evidence to thesis
presented in a summary in written synopsis
logical and and oral summary
coherent method in
written synopsis
and oral summary

Prepared by: Approved by: Noted by:

RANDOLPH B. MACABABBAD Prof. Rommel Tagumasi, Ph.D Prof. LIANNE

T. ABUAN, DBM
Instructor Dept. Chair Gen.Ed Dean, CHM