The following list of questions comes from Pat Kuhnle, Chapter Advisor for the Pi Kappa Phi chapter at Purdue University. He uses these questions with the new chapter officers after each election. However, as an advisor who may have to deal with any of these questions, you might want to test yourself first before testing others. How would you answer these questions?

In the following questions, the word "you" refers to both the President and the entire chapter.

What would you do if you caught a member or associate member stealing, i.e. embezzlement?

What would you do if a woman claimed she was raped by a member or a group of members?

What would you do if you believed a brother or sister is an alcoholic? Is using or dealing drugs?

What would you do if a member is planning to plagerize another member's paper? If the member did plagerize a paper?

What would you do if a member stopped going to class?

What would you do if you had a member or associate member attempt suicide?

What would you do if a police officer came for a member with a search warrant?

Who will be the spokesperson if the media calls?

What would you do if you came upon a member or associate member in a homosexual activity?

What would happen if a member "comes out of the closet" in front of the chapter?

What would you do if a member attempted to do bodily harm to another member? To a non-member?

What would you do if a member's parent(s) dies?

If a member dies, do you conduct a memorial service?

What would you do if you caught another member hazing an associate member? If an associate member expects to be hazed?

Values Scale

Category:

• Self-Disclosure
• Discussion
• Developing Respect/Values

Supplies Needed:

• Newsprint Pad
• Markers
• Masking Tape

Suggested Time:

• 60 minutes

Activity Agenda: Introduce the activity by informing the participants that they will be doing an exercise which will challenge their ethical decision making (or their personal scales of right and wrong) and will force them to justify their decisions.

Define values: Priorities or ranking that an individual establishes for his or her norms and beliefs. For example, a personal value may be "It's important to get a good education," or "it's important to treat others with kindness and respect."

Write the following statements on separate sheets of newsprint:

*STRONGLY AGREE* *AGREE* *DISAGREE* *STRONGLY DISAGREE*

Tape these sheets on the wall around the room. They should remain in order of strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree.

Inform the group that you, as facilitator, will read a statement. Each individual will need to make a personal decision and then move to the statement (agree-disagree) that best describes her/his feelings. After each member chooses her/his feeling of agreement, call on one person in each category to tell why she/he feels that way.

Statements:

• It's important that our sorority/fraternity Ritual is memorized rather than read.
• It's important to incorporate our sorority/fraternity ideals in my daily life.
• It's okay to cheat off the test of a sister/brother if I didn't prepare.
• It's okay to pull pranks on members who get engaged, lavaliered, or pinned.
• It's okay to pay my sorority/fraternity bills a little late.
• It's okay to buy drinks for a sister/brother on their 21rst birthday.
• It's important that we keep our property/house/apartment clean and maintained.
• It's important to look out for the welfare of our members and others.
• It's important to confront members who don't abide by our sorority/fraternity expectations.

When all statements have been discussed, gather the chapter into a large, seated group. Share your sorority/fraternity expectations or the NIC Nine Basic Expectations of Fraternity Membership in handout form or on newsprint. Generate discussion on your own sorority/fraternity expectations of members.