Ethical Decision Making Transcript

You have just graduated from Devry University Online and have landed your first job as a contract consultant for a web development company. You will work as a consultant through a temporary service for a period of six months and then if all goes well, you will be offered a permanent position with benefits. Your wife of two years is very excited as she is working in a dead end position for a man who has been harassing her for the last four months. And furthermore as soon as you get benefits, she would like to start having a family. You are a very motivated employee.

In month four of your six month probation you receive a new assignment from your boss. The assignment is to set up a website which explains how to procure various different chemicals and substances as well as linked to another site online where individuals may legally purchase anhydrous ammonia. You realize within minutes that you've been assigned to create a website to help people product crystallize methamphetamines, a legal and illegal black market drug. You've selected to approach your boss with the assignment and hesitantly ask for an appointment to discuss it.

Your boss, a rather distant and nasty man gives you a thumbs down and says, "Oh, I'm busy, go get the assignment done. The client pre-paid it and it's a rush order." You look down at the paper and see the gold star in the corner which means it is to be done within 24 hours.

Laura Nash Answer:

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Review the sample solution to the Laura Nash method. Do you agree with that analysis? If so, what parts do you think really helped you work through the dilemma? If not, which parts do you not agree with?