The Romantic Relationship Between Peter Martin And Sarah Stern

In the case study, the romantic relationship between the personal instructor (PI) in the laboratory, Peter Martin, and his graduate student, Sarah Stern, is the main conflict of Bailey's problem, for Bailey believes that Martin has given Stern special treatment due to their relationship. This has brought the attention to whether it is good for the student and their supervisor to be involved romantically. From the point of view of faculty members, the pros of having official university policies against romantic relationship between supervisor and supervisee are that it would help to avoid conflicts between the students in the laboratory, for the policies ensure that every graduate student in the laboratory is treated equally. In addition, the
From the students' point of view, having policies against romantic relationship in the laboratory would ensure the students that there is no biased treatment among the students, and the relationship between the students would be maintained. In addition, the policies would help steer clear of the conflicts between the student and the PI that would have arisen if their relationship goes sour; for example, if the relationship between Martin and Stern ends while Stern still works for Martin, Stern's future career can be jeopardized or she can even be fired from the lab, for Martin holds a lot of power to change things in the
In addition, there should be procedures of whom the students can approach should there be any biased treatment happens in the laboratory. In the case that there is no ground rules created, the PI should execute fairness in making all kind of decisions that involved the students in the laboratory and should not give any special treatment to the student he or she is involved with romantically. Also, the students should be assured that if things go to the extreme and the PI does not follow the ground rules or has seen to be unfair, the students are allowed to discuss the issue with the PI, and are allowed to even go to a higher up person if the issue is not solved with the PI in the