Ethical Decision Making Ethics are principles that define behavior as fair and proper and they are concerned with how a moral person should behave when it comes to making an ethical decision (Josephson Institute of Ethics, 2002). Evaluating and deciding among competing options is often key in making a fair choice since principles do not always dictate a single "moral" course of action. The decision of whether to lay off workers to enhance profits or to cut corners on quality to meet a deadline
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Title First and Last Name College Lead problem in a toy manufacturing company Our toy company has plans for shipping our elementary toy collection at the end of the week. One of our products has failed the quality control testing. The product that has failed was found to exceed the legal limits of lead that is set laid down by the federal government. The test found that the amount of lead was slightly beyond the U.S. lawfully acceptable boundaries
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Ethical Decision Making Lisa Stanley Grand Canyon University: HLT 305 April 18, 2012 Ethical Decision Making The ethical dilemma here is about a six year old child rush to the hospital for medical treatments. The six year old symptoms consist of convulsions and violent vomiting while attending school. The attending physician made a diagnosis of Meningitis and suggested medical treatment. However, being the parents are both Christian Scientists and decided against medical treatment,
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Importance of Ethical Decision Making Introduction In a company, ethical decision making is very important and required because it’s a strategy to face and resolve all different dilemmas that all the levels and departments of the company may encounter. In our current toy company, ethical decisions making is essential and required to face and resolve all different types of obstacles. But first, I need to take a step back in explaining the core meaning and attributes of an ethical decision making, In order
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Ethical Decision Making Throughout the course of this term, I was introduced to a plethora of new Information. Initially, we were taught that there are a series of different ethical lenses that can be used in decision making. There are four different Lenses, they are: 1. Rights Lens. In this Lens, the core point for decision making is “An action is ethical if I fulfill my duties and do the right thing as I claim my individual rights.” – (Ethical Lens Inventory.) 2. Relationship Lens. In this
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Ethical Decision Making in the Military Ethical Decision Making in the Military Lawren John Doyle Business Ethics 323 Professor Smith July 25, 2012 Thesis The American public is bombarded with ethics violations on all levels, including corporate scandals, university cover-ups, and wasteful government spending. Ethical leaders are becoming important now more than ever. If basic, common sense ethics had been exercised, the economy would not be in the situation it is in today. The military
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Ethical Decision Making We make so many decisions every day, most are rash and not thought about. We feel overwhelmed when it comes to making decisions. If we stop and use the seven steps to making ethical decisions. We end up with thought out decisions and feel less stress making these decision. Then seven steps are, Stop and think, this is one of the most important ones. Stopping and thinking about how to act allows us time to gather important facts. We can better problem solve and find what
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Ethical Decision Making Method 25 November 2012 The ethical problem began when I found some papers marked “SECRET” between SFC Sharp’s desk and the wall that had been certified by him as being destroyed. This is classified as a security violation. When I had confronted SGT Day, his reaction was to pretend that the situation did not exist and ignore the problem stating “as far as I know those documents were destroyed two weeks ago”. In this particular instance, the first thing that I would do
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Ethical Decision Making Brian Minton HCS/335 14 SEPT 2015 William Bross Ethical Decision Making Everyday we are faced with decisions that can make an impact in our lives and the lives of those who are around us. Decisions that I have made have been the difference between life and death for some people, literally. By working in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as a Paramedic I have impacted countless lives and in doing so I have had to make some tough calls. Sometimes not only do you have
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Seven Steps to Ethical Decision Making: 1. Stop and Think: The basis of counting to ten when angry does a great job in summing up this principle. Being ethical is more than just knowing right from wrong, it is about the all-encompassing decision making process. If you are making those critical decisions while at a vulnerable state, it could have severe adverse effects on the organization as a whole. 2. Clarify Goals: The long term concept of this step is the most important in my opinion
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