Ethical Dilemma

An ethical dilemma I faced was I saw someone writing on their hand so that they could look at their notes during a test. I didn’t know if I should say something or not. I didn’t say anything about it to anyone, and one of the reasons I didn’t say anything was that others had seen the person in question writing on their hand but they didn’t say anything. I guess that the belief that underpinned my decision was that I didn’t want to be the one who told on the person as other people were watching them too. I think the principle that stopped me from saying anything is I don’t like being the odd one out. Another reason I didn’t say anything was because if they cheated, they were only cheating themselves and making it harder for themselves in the future by not actually learning anything. If I got to relive the situation, I don’t think I would act differently. As I said above, they were only cheating themselves which may make it easier for them in the test but in the long term, it will be harder because they won’t be able to cheat and they haven’t actually learnt anything.