An Ethical Dilemma at Work
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Axia College University of Phoenix

An Ethical Dilemma at Work
Dear Diary,
I though this country was past the stages of sexism and prejudice in the work place, but how wrong I was in believing that! As a military spouse of a Coast Guard member, I see just how sexist and prejudice the military can still be against women in the work place. My wife has comes home many days with some sort of argument about how unfair things are at work and how the people she works with have no morals or values. I’m going to tell you about a specific situation that my wife faced at work a few months ago while training with her Coast Guard unit. The morals and values of the unit created daily ethical dilemmas for her and the social pressure of “fitting in” only seemed to amplify the situations.
My wife has been in the Coast Guard since June of 2007 and her first duty station out of boot camp was at Barnegat Light, New Jersey. It is what the Coast Guard considers a “small boat station” and there are only about 40 to 50 members stationed there total. Because of the nature of the station, there are not many women stationed there. The women that are there are all a bit on the young and attractive side. I figured that since my wife was married, she would not have any problems with sexism over at the station. I was completely wrong in thinking that.
Heidi came home with a look of confusion upon her face on a number of occasions. She would generally talk about how her bosses (anyone with higher rank) treated her unfair. My wife had a slight disadvantage working for this station because she was a married female. Every month the third and second class petty officers would evaluate the non rates (anyone who had not been to “A” school for a specific job in the Coast Guard) on their performances for the month. These evaluations are part of the military