The issues were not discussed with students or with other members of the campus community. No outside input was sought. The decision was ethically flawed from the perspective of the community process approach. While all three criteria will help a campus community assess its level of ethical behavior, it is the community change process criterion that produces a participatory framework. From this framework, questions and interpretations of ethical principles can be discussed, community values can be assessed and debated, and the diversity within the community can be assured of a voice.
Participation provides the road to an ethical community.
The Residence Halls vary from a traditional, institutional one with five floors, long corridors. The population in the houses range from nine to forty students with a Resident Assistant in each one. After discussing what they had discovered about their environment, we formed small groups. The groups then shared their design with everyone and were asked to explain why they chose to include or leave out certain aspects. The reaction was quite positive.