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Associate Level Material Appendix B Ethical Theories Chart Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary. Include APA formatted in-text citations when applicable and list all references at the bottom of the page. |Ethical Theory | | | | | | | | | | |Utilitarianism |Deontological |Virtue ethics | | | |Definition | |Making choices that determine the sole |Describes the character of a moral agent as | | |A consequentialist theory in a |purpose of morally required, forbidden, or|a driving force for ethical behavior rather | | |normative ethics holding that the |permitted. |than by rules, consequences, or social | | |right decision making is the one | |context. | | |that maximizes overall happiness. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Ethical thinker associated with| |Highly ethical person (The Germans who hid|Aristotle | |theory |Stakeholders (the involving |the Jewish family from the Nazi’s) Corrie | | | |parties affected in the decision) |ten Boom | | | | | | | | |Mark Felt | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Decision-making process | |In order to make a decision, an individual|An individual will make a moral decision | | | |must examine the choices through a moral |based on the person’s professional | | |The decision making process is to |compass. |association, the regulatory community, their| | |think about all the stakeholders | |religious community, family, society, and/or| | |that can be affected by the | |the company’s ethics office. | | |decision. Making sure the person | | | | |determine their decision by the | | | | |moral worth of an action based on | | | | |the resulting outcome. Think about| | | | |the societal harms and benefits of| | | | |an action. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Workplace example | |An employee has been overworked for the |A customer left their wallet. Company policy| | |An employee was spotted by another|last two days. The employee need the hours|states to report any lost and found | | |employee stealing baby pampers |but is too tired to focus. The manager |merchandise. The morally and ethical thing | | |from the company. Before making |made the decision to let the employee stay|would be to turn the wallet in. The | | |the decision of reporting the |on the clock, but go to the break room and|temptation that will be wrong in this | | |employee think if the outcome will|rest for thirty minutes. It is against |situation will be to take the money and | | |be better for overall harm |company policy to ride the clock. |throw away the wallet. Because of the | | |/benefit. | |religious beliefs I would turn the wallet | | | | |in. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reference: DECIDING WHAT’S RIGHT: A PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH, Trevino, L., & Nelson, K. (2011). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to do it right (5th ed.). Ch. 2 pp.38-51, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.