Moral efficacy - She knows the correct procedures and how to report the incident because teacher receive training on child protection and reporting procedures. she can also ask for support from her supervisor .

Moral courage - she is brave enough to report the abuse even its affects her relationship with her colleagues.

by doing this she protects the child safety and well being.

Moral Courage: The teacher should immediately stop the abuse and speak up even if it is uncomfortable.

Moral Ownership: She should take responsibility for the child's safety and report the incident to management.

Moral Efficacy: She should follow the centre's reporting procedures and document the incident properly.

Conclusion: By showing courage, ownership, and efficacy, the teacher can make an ethical decision and protect the child from harm.

The teacher should remind herself that the child safety is also her responsibilty. Though she was not the one abusing the kid but shouldnt ignore what happen. She should have reported the incident to the supervisor.

Moral Efficacy

Teacher should have confidence that she is doing something right. Knowing that she has the SOP to follow would help her feel more confident in taking action.

Moral Courage

Teacher should speak up even if it means facilng conflits with the colleague. She might be worry about her rapport but the kid should come first. Standing up and reporting the abuse, she would be acting in the best interest of the kid.

Conclusion

If the teacher demo all three, she would be more likely to make the decision and report the abuse instead of remaining silent. Safety of student should always be top

Moral courage- It’s applicable for the teacher to intervene and report the abuse instead of keeping silent. Doing the right things with courage even when facing challenges.

Moral efficiency- professional ethics in following the SOP, the teacher is accountable of every child safety and wellbeing. Any circumstances the child is being bad treated(abuse). He/she should be confident in reporting to the supervisor and seeking advice.

Moral ownership-Be responsible and ensuring as an early childhood educator, the child safety is always the top priority seeing the child being abused,the teacher should report to the supervisor, instead of ignoring and let the matters rest.

In this case, the teacher could have made a more ethical decision by applying the three components of Moral Action: moral courage, ownership, and efficacy. Firstly, the teacher should have demonstrated moral courage by intervening immediately when she witnessed the abuse, even if she feared conflict with her colleague or negative workplace consequences. She could have firmly stopped the inappropriate behaviour and prioritised the child’s safety. Secondly, the teacher needed to show ownership by recognising that protecting children is the responsibility of every educator and not assuming that someone else would handle the situation. She should have taken personal responsibility to report the incident to the centre supervisor and ensure the child’s well-being. Lastly, the teacher should have exercised efficacy by using her professional knowledge and confidence to respond appropriately, such as following child protection procedures and seeking support from management. By demonstrating moral courage, ownership, and efficacy, the teacher would have been able to make an ethical decision and better protect the child from harm.

Moral ownership: As a frontline educator and an individual, she has the added responsibility towards all children in her school and that if she can help to protect the child, she should do it. Her conscience and ethics of care and profession should make her speak up for the child.

Moral efficacy: She should know that all actions are recorded on CCTV which would actually back her if she had informed someone then. The CCTV footage can empower her to help the child.