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Should BYU have suspended one of its best basketball players for an honor-code violation
BYU, the #3 ranked NCAA basketball team, suspended its starting center for allegedly having pre-marital sex - a no-no according its honor code. BYU as a private organization and probably has the right to do this - but should it have? Putting this in a business context, the player's violation had nothing to do with his job performance, is it wise for a company to punish its employees in those circumstances?
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Andrew, obviously, BYU interprets premarital sex with lower value standards. So, given that, the answer would depend on whether BYU wants integrity in its students. Often one desire trumps another. In this case, the question might be, "which is most important to us, winning the game, or instilling excellent values in our students?"
For BYU the answer was, instilling the values.
Yes. There is absolutely no question here. BYU is a private organization and it requires those who wish to be part of the organization to follow certain rules - the honor code. The player failed his organization and should no longer be a part of it. Many companies have similar rules and employees know and understand that crossing the line means losing one’s job.
BYU set the rules. The student agreed to abide by them. He didn't. They instituted their remedy. It doesn't really matter what the rule was or the resulting remedy. What matters is that they maintained the credibilty of their rules.
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