Homeless Ethical Dilemmas

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Ethical Dilemma: Homeless ‘Hotspots’ Scenario The ethical dilemma in the video and scenario provided is whether or not to keep the homeless people as hotspots. One of the negatives to keeping them is that some people could see it as being degrading towards the homeless people. People on the streets may treat them as objects and not realize their worth. They would be using the homeless people and there would be no equality. The biggest negative of all is that the homeless people might not value themselves. Whereas if we didn’t keep them, there would be non-sufficient wi-fi. On top of that the homeless people would be right where they were before in finances (no money). Unfortunately, most of the population would still look past them and not …show more content…

In this instance, the services are still there and the homeless are getting paid equivalently. Even though the homeless people have no mortgage, or too many bills to keep up on, 20$ is barely enough to feed themselves on a daily basis. The only problem with this is people may still treat them as objects. Also, the homeless people may still not value themselves as they are just an advertisement for wi-fi basically. Not keeping them as hotspots but installing cellular network sites with their help would be very beneficial. Not only will there be faster wi-fi but it would be credited to them. This would raise awareness for the homeless community and people would interact with them in return. It would demonstrate equality as they are getting a chance to work and earn an honest living. They could value themselves for putting in a hard day’s work and avoid people treating them as objects. The last solution of keeping them but not making them wear t-shirts could go either way. By having the homeless people go up to individuals and talk to them would definitely create interactions and relationships. Their days’ pay is dependent on how many people they get to go on their hotspot so it is incentive to raise awareness for themselves. On the contrary, the public would treat them better and respect them because they would see it as a kind act. The only problem I could imagine is if people see them coming and try to avoid them because they are snobby or think they are

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