Please identify and explain three different ethical decision making theories. Then analyze the following situation using one of the theories you have identified. After posting your answer, reply to two classmates' comments with a counter view.
Your supervisor enters your office and asks you for a check for $150.00 for expenses he tells you he incurred entertaining a client last night. He submits receipts from a restaurant and lounge. At lunch your supervisor's girlfriend stops by to pick him up for lunch and you overhear her telling the receptionist what a great time she had at dinner and dancing with your supervisor the night before.
What is the ethical approach to take? To answer this question, you must first identify the ethical dilemma, identify and explain your theory, and then apply the theory to the situation, reach a conclusion.
Identify the ethical dilemmas in each of the following scenarios. Explain how each is a dilemma. Remember, the dilemma is the CHOICE that must be made between two or more options. Review this if you are unsure.
You have worked as a bank teller for several months when one of the other tellers who has become a good friend tells you that her daughter is extremely ill and that se must have an operation to survive. She also tells you that she has no insurance and the operation will cost $10,000. Sometime later you ask her about her daughter and she tells you she is just fine now. She then confides in you that she took $10,000.00 from a dormant account at the bank to pay for the operation. She assures you that she has already started paying it back and will continue to do so until it is all returned.
In your spare time at work, you have developed a new spreadsheet program on the personal computer in your office. It is even more powerful, yet easier to sue than anything on the market. You share your new program with a friend who encourages you to market it on your own because you could probably make an incredible profit in a very short time. This is a very attractive option, yet you developed it using company equipment and during time that you were at work.
Your newspaper has published a report on a national study, which concluded that bottled water has virtually no health advantages over the tap water in more cities, including yours. The study included comments from local health store owners and water distributors challenging the study. The AquaPure Bottled Water Company, advertising account worth over $75,000. a year, has threatened to pull its account with your newspaper unless you run another story of equal prominence, focusing on the benefits of bottled water.