Ethics - Chapter 2

• dilemma

  • individual is confronted to choose between alternative actions to resolve the problem
• Types of Dilemma

  1. temporal dilemma
  2. unequal dilemma
  3. classic dilemma
  4. sequential dilemma
  5. orthogonal dilemma
• classic dilemma

  • diff criteria, same behavior
• classic dilemma

  • order ^ freedom
  • empowerment ^ alignment
• temporal dilemma

  • same process, diff criteria, diff time
• temporal dilemma

  • innovation ^ manufacturability
  • high growth ^ organization integrity
  • speed ^ accuracy
• orthogonal dilemma

  • diff behavior, diff criteria
• orthogonal dilemma

  • performance ^ development
  • centralization ^ decentralization
  • service orientation ^ product orientation
• sequential dilemma

  • diff behavior, diff time
• sequential dilemma

  • work ^ home
• unequal dilemma

  • split across unequal status
• unequal dilemma


  product innovation ^ support for existing product lines
• moral dilemma

  • conflict between moral rightness of a decision and the quality of the result it produces
• 3 Types of Moral Dilemma

  1. Personal Dilemma
  2. Organizational Dilemma
  3. Systematic Dilemma
• personal dilemma

  • choice between two options
  • neither resolves the situation in ethically acceptable fashion
• organizational dilemma

  • principals & standards - business operate, accordin to Reference for Business
• Systematic Dilemma

  • conformity and compliance of each member to code of conduct in the agency/workplace
• freedom - politically


  liberty - democracy
• freedom - philosophy

  free will
• Immanuel Kant

  • he stated that freedom is the source of all value; highest order of life
• bruta necessitas

  • involved from actions of animals
  • using powers not in free will; impulse
• summum bonum

  • inherent value of the world
  • freedom in accordance; not necessited to action
• Saint Augustine

  • human is free physically; bound to obey the law
• gorbachev (1998)

  • he stated that freedom is a must
• moral freedom

  • age we live in
  • freedom over things that matter most
• Quito (2008)

  • stated that no ethics is possible without human freedom
• impartiality

  • principle of justice holding judgement
• reason (aristotle)

  • distinguishing attribute
  • elevated human above all living creatures