SLI PARTICIPANT GUIDE

Chapter Meeting Three:
Accountability and Brotherhood
*These are actual scenarios from this academic year involving Phi Mu Delta members. Each group will have 10
minutes to prepare for their presentation of the case. After the preparation time, each group will have 3 minutes
present their case study to the larger group.*
CASE STUDY #1
The Beta Beta chapter of Phi Mu Delta has just had a very successful philanthropy event where they raised
thousands of dollars. The chapter members have put hours of work into planning and executing the event.
To celebrate a job well done, the members decide to host a celebration at an off-campus house, where a few
members live. In the chapter’s GroupMe, there is an open invitation to come to the party and a plan for every
member to pitch in for beer and liquor. A member, who is over the age of 21, goes to the liquor store and
purchases cases of beer and a few handles of liquor and provides it to the off-campus house.
The night starts with just the brothers and their significant others, as guests. Eventually, things get out of hand
and 100 people show up. As the party progresses, some chapter members decide that the party is too crazy
and decide to leave – others stay and continue to have fun.
The week following the event, a woman, who attended the event, reports to the university that she was
sexually assaulted at the “PMD Party.”
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
• What are the major factors of this case?
• Which factors are problematic?
• What is the underlying culture that led to this situation?
• How could the event been run differently?
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