Conflict

I am in a fraternity and we have had to deal with multiple problems as a group. One example of a problem we had to deal with was a couple years ago one of our members was acting foolishly and shot someone with an airsoft gun from the chapter house. This led to the victim approaching our house and beating up our president to the point where he had to go to the hospital for his injuries. The problem that resulted is eventually the IFC found out and our charter was in hot water. It took us a while to find out who the assailant was but eventually we did. The chapter was at a bit of a standstill; if we ratted out one of our members he would surely be expelled from the university. At the same time we have to preserve the integrity of our chapter and the years of hard work we put to maintain it. This led to our executive committee breaking all ties with the member of our fraternity who committed the heinous act and that also led to his expulsion from the university of Illinois. Some people were unhappy because they felt we ruined his future by getting him in trouble with the university; some people were angry towards him for bringing negative attention towards our fraternity, especially considering the modern day opinion towards fraternities nationwide.

Another example of a conflict in the work force is from the fictional TV show of law and order: special victims unit. I watch this show a lot and one episode really stuck out to me. One of the detectives, Elliot, is a very passion officer but at that the same time has the reputation of being a hothead. This is especially so when dealing with criminals who are child molesters or serial killers. One episode a teenager was accused of trying to rape older women. There was not enough evidence to convict him but the detectives let him know that the investigation will eventually prove him guilty. At one point, detective Elliot and the boy were alone and a neutral cop was walking by. The boy noticed that someone was coming and pretended that he was getting touched inappropriately and yelled “hey stop touching me there”. Then two days later he reported that detective Elliot had molested him and the cop who was walking by was interviewed. He stated that he had heard the kid say the aforementioned but could not see what was happening. Elliot was put on suspension pending an internal investigation and the New York special victims unit had lost their best detective. The staff helped handle the situation by all backing his character and working even harder on the case now that they had to work overtime. I feel like in a situation like this there is very little you can do because you cannot control erratic behavior by a sociopathic fifteen year old. Also, the public will always side with the victim and the fact that the teenager was able to plan it strategically really helped make it look believable. It was very unfortunate but it is a part of life and your plans do not always go the way you expect them to. The main thing is that Elliot was able to handle the adversity and maintained his innocence as he let the court system play out. It was sad that his reputation was tarnished and people were calling him insults such as child molester and creep. In the end, the child was overwhelmed with guilt and got caught trying to rape another women. He cried that he had an alcohol problem and confessed to lying about everything. People felt bad for him because he was a distraught teen with serious mental problems as a result of his father leaving him at a young age. Regardless, Elliot was free but it was an extremely difficult situation to go through and I feel bad for people who have to go through something similar to that in real life.