Ethical Decisions Scenario Analysis

Axia College Material
Appendix C

Ethical Decisions Scenario Analysis
For each of the following scenarios answer the questions and explain whether your answers fit with traditional or modern ethical thinking. After you have finished responding to the scenarios, discuss whether you generally make ethical decisions using a traditional or a modern ethical model. Provide an example using an experience you have had in your daily life.
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|Scenario One |
|You are a manager at your current company. You receive a call requesting a character reference for an employee you know to be |
|unreliable and dishonest but who has not broken any rule directly. |
|What should you tell the prospective employer? |
|What type of information would you tell the prospective employer? |
|How would what you share be to your advantage or disadvantage? |
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|Response to Questions |
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|Positive feedback. Nothing negative. Answer the question professionally and provide adequate details about the employee. This would |
|be a “fallacy.”