Essay Plan: Ethics

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Essay Plan: Ethics
Ethical decision making is fundamental for managers. Managers must make the right
decisions by taking into consideration interests that shareholders and the general public
have. Success is mainly attained through adherence to regulations, addressing concerns
from shareholders and spearheading goals that have been set by the company. It is these
decisions that put managers in tough positions because the decisions they make can have
positive or negative impacts to them and to the companies they represents. As such, they
have to make prudent decisions. This leads to situations of dilemma. For their decisions to
have an impact, managers must use ethical decision making strategies and rules. Successful
mangers use four ethical decision making rules namely: the utilitarian, justice, moral rights
and practical rule
Starting with the utilitarian rule, managers should ensure that the decisions they make have
a greater good to the greatest number of people. In this case, the decision should be good
to many shareholders as well as the general public at large. The moral rights rule can be
used to protect and maintain fundamental privileges and rights that the people have.1 Here,
climate changes are taking effect hence the need to adopt measures to curb carbon
emissions. The manager should implement measures that reduce carbon emissions. The
third rule is justice rule where ethical decisions should be impartial, equitable and fair.
Shareholders will definitely feel the need to reduce carbon emissions despite it being costly
for the company. Lastly, the practical rule takes urgency and the people into consideration.
Decisions are communicated swiftly because they have interests of the people and company
1 Kelly, Janet, and Emma Welch. "Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion." Nursing
Ethics 25, no. 7 (2018): 897-905.