Is the 5 question approach to ethical decision making superior to the moral?

Answer 1

1. You are negotiating a contract with a potentially very large customer whose representative has hinted that you could almost certainly be assured of getting his business if you gave him and his wife an all-expense-paid cruise to the Caribbean. You know the representative's employer wouldn't approve of such a "payoff," but you have the discretion to authorize such expenditure. What would you do?

2. You have the opportunity to steal $100,000 from your company with absolute certainty that you would not be detected or caught. Would you do it?

3. Your company policy on reimbursement for meals while traveling on company business is that you will be repaid for your out-of-pocket costs, not to exceed $60 a day. You do not need receipts for these expenses-the company will take your word. When traveling, you tend to eat at fast-food places and rarely spend in excess of $15 a day. Most of your colleagues put in reimbursement requests in the range of $45 to $50 a day, regardless of what their actual expenses are. How much would you request for your meal reimbursements?

4. Another executive, who is part of a small planning team in which you are a member, frequently has the smell of alcohol on his breath. You have noticed that his work has not been up to standard lately and is hurting your team's performance. This executive happens to be the son-in-law of the company's owner and is held in very high regard by the owner. What would you do?

5. You have discovered that one of your closest friends at work has stolen a large sum of money from the company. Would you: Do nothing? Go directly to an executive to report the incident before talking about it with the offender? Confront the individual before taking action? Make contact with the individual with the goal of persuading that person to return the money?

Answer 2

yes