It was hard for me after reading this article, and seeing the video clip, to not laugh in unbelief that this kind of thing still happens. A school director in Georgia made some very racists comments after she started losing control of the crowd at a High School graduation ceremony.
See the USA Today article and clip: USATODAY
As well as another view from the same event: YOUTUBE
What is further interesting about this piece is not only did she seem to have extremely poor social and leadership skills, he apology was equally bizarre. First she said "I didn't know 'black people' was a racist remark." (Dallof & Fieldstadt, 2015). She then later went on essentially say the devil made her do it.
The specific ethical issue I would like to investigate here (there are many!) is the response of the school to her actions. While this was not (yet) a criminal case, the school responded with one of Five Common approaches to punishment: Incapacitation (Rosenstand, 2013). They swiftly fired her, preventing her from speaking with "authority" in that situation again. I believe they responded in the correct manner. While some might cite freedom of speech as justifiable grounds for her action, it is right on the part of the school (prior to legal action) to take the issue and pass judgment on her actions. I believe that a private enterprise has complete justification to fire and hire it's employees as it sees fit.
References:
Rosenstand, N. (2013). Different Gender, Different Ethics? In The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics(7th ed.). New York, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Dallof, S., & Fieldstadt, L. (2015). TNT Academy Director Who Singled Out Black People Says She's Not A Racist. NBC News. Retrieved from: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tnt-academy-director-who-said-all-black-people-says-shes-n357141
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