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UTILITY AND PLAUSIBILITY

   

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Introduction
Business ethics is defined as the form of applied ethics that will examine the ethical
principles and moral ethics problems that may arise in an organization. It tends to examine the
business policies practices that may consist of controversial issues. This research will shed light
on the fact of how utility and plausibility of the theoretical models that will derive the business
success. The case study of Morrisons Supermarket will be considered for this research so that the
aspects of business ethics can be understood easily.
Utility and plausibility
Utilitarianism may be described as the ethical theory that helps in determining the right or
wrong things by focusing on the outcomes. It holds the key factor for any employee that gives
the employee an ethical choice to choose from (Barrow, 2015). One of the greatest strength of
the theory that it will provide the management of Morrisons Supermarket to have a better moral
reasoning for their daily business activities. This is mainly because of the fact that the theory
accounts for benefits that ethical cost practice provides an organization so that unethical
practices in books of accounts can be eradicated easily (Lyons, 2015). However, it can be noted
that the consequences of ethical practice may be uncertain, as it will be difficult for the managers
to predict the future. The employees suffer less harm when they start to follow this theory
because it works on the intuition of that harming other employee may lead to own problems, and
it is the wrong course of action. In addition to this, the management of Morrisons Supermarket
will find it to be one of the greatest things as it will lead them to the right course of action, which
helps an organization to have a diversified and ethical workplace. According to Mill, (2016)
which states that the theory will help in deriving the positive and negative effects that an
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employees of Morrisons Supermarket might poses. Therefore, it will be helpful for the
management of Morrisons Supermarket to have a straightforward course of action for a better
democratic workplace. The management of Morrisons Supermarket will be able to balance the
interest level of employees.
However, there may be certain type of problems that the theory might pose. Patrick, T., &
Werkhoven, (2017) opines that happiness among the employees of Morrisons Supermarket is not
the only thing which will have an intrinsic value rather freedom of doing work without any
pressure from the top management falls under this theory. In addition, to this, the course of
action is a bit unpredictable, which cannot be measured easily.
Deontology is regarded as one of the most popular ethical theories which is followed by
organisations across the world. A Deontological Theory focuses on the things which are right
according to business or an individual. Deontological theory can be defined as a normative
ethical theory that focuses on action based on the facts whether it is right or wrong rather than
focusing on the consequences of the action (Sims, 2018).In the context of
MorrisonsSupermarkets, deontological theory can have many positive impacts. One of the
greatest strengths of the deontological theory is that it can fit with human intuitive nature of
judging what is right and what is wrong. If the management at Morrisons Supermarkets is forced
to take a decision under the deontological ethical theory then it is very much possible that the
decision might as well align with the thinking of the stakeholders. Therefore, stakeholder
management can also be affected positively by following the deontological theory of ethics
(Hair, 2019). Another positive trait of the deontological theory is that the theory does not allow
any individual or business to take decisions based on only organisational objectives. The
rationale behind this trait is that any actions will not depend on the outcomes. In Morrisons
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