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Originally posted by shadokat
You're not your sister's keeper. You are your sister's sister! We all screw up sometimes, and canceling a date with your boyfriend to make sure one of your sisters gets home safely, whether on probation or not, is the duty of you as a sister!! Would you let a member of your family in the situation and go out with your boyfriend?
As for the responsibility issue, signed papers aside, in all organizations, there are four major parties for parents to go after if a GLO is involved in a risk management issue. They are the national organization, the chapter, the university, and the chapter members' parents. I've watched it happen twice at my own university, and trust me, it's ugly. But most organizations, if they choose to break policy of their group, forfeit their right to the insurance they pay for, and thusly won't be covered for any risk management violations.
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I think I didn't make my point clearly enough. Say I have a sister named Jenny who is a perpetual drunk driver. She's on probation with our organization, and on probation with the school. We have told her that if she screws up one more time she's out, because her behavior is damaging and embarassing to us. This is not a one time situation, but a sister who is consistently partying, going out and getting trashed, and then driving home.
Why should I have to put my social life on hold to supervise her? Why should my parents be held liable because I chose to study and/or go out to dinner rather than follow her around while she is getting drunk to make sure she doesn't drive?
Yes, we should take care of each other - but in certain situations, it gets to the point where good officers resign rather than besmirch their family name or force their parents into financial ruin. Thankfully, I went alum before anything happened. Something similiar to that hypothetical situation happened in my chapter and I would hate that my parents were held financially liable because I was in class while somebody else was out drunk driving.
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