A Framework Tool for Making Ethical Decisions

  1. 4.6 Learn how to apply the framework for making ethical decisions.

Scholars suggest that managers follow a systematic approach to resolving ethical dilemmas. Exhibit 4.8 presents a five-step framework for arriving at ethical decisions that will help you arrive at appropriate solutions to ethical dilemmas.52 With practice, it can become second nature. The steps in the framework follow.

Exhibit 4.8

Framework for Arriving at Ethical Decisions

A diagram presents a framework for arriving at ethical decisions.

  1. Identify the problem. The first step is to acknowledge the presence of an ethical problem. Ask questions such as: Is something ...

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