Professionalism Ethics and Governance - Case Study Response Template

Cover Sheet
Subject Name: Professional Environments (Module 1 – Project 1)
Project Name/Number: Project 1 – Professionalism, Ethics and Governance
Date of Submission:
Case Study Name/No.
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Module 1 - Project 1 – Case Study (Response Template)

Section 1 – The White Framework
Student Instructions: Fill in the Table below using short sentences or dot points to make a list in each section. You must fill out all
three table cells under Issues/Results prior to marking it as complete. You should input 350-500 words into this section.
Case Study
Name & Number:
Step Process/Step Issues/Results
Step 1: Analyze - The
Consequences The various events that have taken place in the case study have varied consequences which must be
duly analysed in order to form their ethical impact and classify them as good or bad which also
from the basis of the teleological form of ethics. This form of ethics is defined by their fixation on
the assumption that actions by themselves do not contain any intrinsic value or any moral
intentions and the true ethical viewpoint of each action is defined solely by its consequences which
can be either good by helping people benefit or make the individual feel good or they can cause
harm to the society. This also stems from the theory that actions themselves are not performed with
any intention or agenda in mind and the result of actions is what needs to be considered when
judging the right from wrong. Among the major analysts of the teleological school of thought is
Jeremy Bantham who aimed to quantify the concept of consequences based ethics by introducing
the concept of pleasure and pain which he stated that whatever gives pleasure is morally right and
what causes pain is morally wrong and he developed the hedonistic calculus to successfully
measure the quantity of pleasure and pain. However one of the major flaws of his concept was that
if something is causing pain but is ultimately benefiting a large population is considered morally
right which is true in the case of Robin Hood who stole money from the rich and loaded elites of
society only to redistribute them among the poor masses. His principles were later corrected by
John Stuart Mill who aimed to correct the loopholes in Bantham’s theory by rejecting one of his
core principles of all pleasures as being equal and he gave the concepts which qualified and
quantified the philosophical concept of pleasure associated with consequences.
Module 1 - Project 1 – Case Study (Response Template)

Step 2: Analyze - The
Actions
On the opposite end of the spectrum as given in the case study, is the field of Deontological ethics
in which it is widely accepted that actions have intrinsic value attached to them and their inherent
nature contains the capacity of good versus evil making their consequences irrelevant when
somebody aims to label and divide the difference between good and bad. For example saying the
truth, being honest and keeping the trust intact of somebody close to you and staying loyal are
considered inherently good actions meanwhile telling lies, backstabbing and plotting against people
and committing crimes by themselves are considered bad actions.
Step 3: Make A Decision
After carefully studying both the branches of these ethics, it is very important to make a decision
based on the fact that both the actions and their potential consequences must not inflict a major
degree of harm upon the people who are either directly or indirectly involved and the original
intention behind committing such actions must not be criminal or largely damaging in nature.
Actions such as helping somebody cannot be considered moral outright as it is also necessary to
analyse where the desire to help is coming from and the origin of the finances being used for
charity.
Module 1 - Project 1 – Case Study (Response Template)