Ethical Dilemma
Personally, friendship has always been one of my most ethical issues, I have ever encountered, the problem being that there is never a clear way of defining it. My greatest test of friendship came in the last year of high school. It all started when my best friend started to mix with the wrong crowd. It unfortunately led him to the tumultuous world of drugs. He started with marijuana and got worse with time. I felt obligated to stop him, but whatever sense I perpetually tried pouring him to him fell on
Seeing hi condition right before my eyes, I realized I was being no friend by allowing him to deteriorate. To tell his parents and not lose his camaraderie completely was high fear factor for me. I did not tell them anything at that point, since my friend had sworn me to secrecy. It just got worse as he moved on to more potent drugs. And who was I to tell his parents to begin with. My friend did end up in rehabilitation eventually. I picked phone and called his parents and told them the whole story. I knew his family well and his parents had called me up initially to find out if something is wrong. Thing went shoddier for three more weeks. But the fact is that when I look into the mirror, I know that I did the right thing by not letting my friend down. I miss at times but I know for sure this test of ethics that I had encountered down my road of life thus far helped me come out morally strong. The sad part is that our friendship was never same as before and he never spoke to me again.
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