ETHICS ISSUE

You are the owner of a mid size company that employees lation is taking effect and it will result is an increase in you hat you bottom line will be decreased by employ who works u have just expenses ofapproximately 9%. This in effect means that you roughly the same amount. The regulation says that for each person you em more than 18 hours per week you will be required to pay additional taxes through the Soda Security System. The majority of your employees are in a lower wage bracket and make barely over minimum wage. They struggle to make ends meet and remain above the federal poverty line. As you think about this you see that you may have several options. These might include: Cutting everyone's hours back to u Absorbing the cost thereby making the business less profitable, Taking part of the 9% out of Raising prices to accommodate e workers pay and having the business pay the remainder, th the 996, or simply closing the business, what ethical issues are involved here? Are there other options that might come into play? What would you do in this situation? What would you tell your employees?