Ethics Quiz: The “Inappropriate Dance” [Updated and Expanded]

Maybe this one should be titled, “Tell Me What I’m Missing.”

Buhach Colony High School (California) principal Robert Nunes was placed on administrative this week after a video of an obviously planned and choreographed bit of foolery with the basketball team’s mascot “went viral.” It was a pep rally. Mascots (which I hate, but that’s another issue) frequently do these kind of routines, and bringing authority figures into the gag is standard fare, giving the human butts of the giant costumed things a chance to appear more human, show they are good sports, yada yada. I’ve seen baseball managers get in to faux fistfights with these escapees from a Disneyland parade. The crowd generally loves it, the morons. Big deal.

Your Ethics Alarms Ethics Quiz of the Day is…

Is is fair to suspend a high school principal for that routine above?

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