Case Study :College Admissions Scandal

Date: 11/07/19

Introduction

For a condition to be viewed as an ethical dilemma, there are three conditions that have to be satisfied. The first condition happens when an individual, called the "specialist," has to settle on a choice about which strategy is ideal. Instances that are confusing but do not require a decision to be made cannot be considered as ethical situations For example, students in their during their attachment are required to be supervised by a credentialed social work field teacher. Subsequently, because there is no decision on the issue, there is no moral infringement or rupture of secrecy when an understudy talks about a case with the manager. The second condition for the moral difficulty is that there must be various strategies to look over. Third, in a moral difficulty, regardless of what strategy is taken, some moral standard is undermined.

When trying to figure out what establishes a moral predicament, there is need to do an analysis between ethics, approaches, laws and morals. Morals are prepositional declarations that are used by individuals from a calling or crowd to figure out the right method in a situation.

Utilitarianism

According to utilitarianism, Blair discovers that Sam has been placing bets with a certain local bookmarker, which is illegal according to the laws of the Casino they work. Although Blair violates Sam's privacy by sneaking on his password and accessing his private information without Sam's knowledge, keeping quiet is going to cause a lot of harm to the company. If the manager of the Casino finds out that Sam has been participating in gambling activities in private, and Blair knew about the activities, he might end up losing his job or being issued a warning. Also, Sams private gambling activities shows that many other workers in the Casino participate in gambling activities in private, which leads to a conflict of interest. Workers who participate in gambling ends up losing concentration due to mental affection when they lose their bets, which leads to poor services making the company run into losses. Blair should report Sam's gambling activities to the manager to stop any other co-worker who participates or intends to participate in gambling. Blair will save the company's income because some more strict rules will be laid for any person who will be found participating in gambling activities.

Kantian Ethics

Kantian ethics is based on achieving set goals and objectives irrespective of the negative impacts (Wood, 2008). Blair should not report Sam's gambling activities to the manager because he already got the document that he was looking for in Sam's computer. The Casino should invent its ways to curb employees from participating in gambling. Blair should not betray his friend after acquiring the document he needed regardless of him sneaking to Sam's computer. Blair should leave Sam to deal with his betting activities since it does not concern him. If Blair decides to report the matter to the management of the Casino, then his friend Sam might end up losing his job due to violating the company's regulation laws. The casino management should regulate its methods for ensuring that workers do not participate in gambling activities.

Virtue Ethics

According to virtue ethics, Blair should not report Sam's private gambling activities to casino management (Shaw, et al, 2003). If Blair reports, then he might end up ruining his friendship with Sam, Sam might also lose his job and other employees who after inspection might also be caught in the act of gambling. Blair should wait during their free time while they are playing Tennis with Sam, and apologize to him for sneaking to his computer to get a certain document that Blair needed to complete his task. During the period of apologizing, the Blair should talk to Sam about the risk he is getting to due to engaging in gambling activities, which is against the rules of the company. Talking to Sam can help him because Sam might be undergoing some financial difficulties at that moment, which leads him to participate in the gambling activities. Blair is a close friend to Sam, might end up helping him through talking to him, and not reporting him to the management, which might affect his entire life.

Recommendations

Blair should not report Sam to the management of the Casino, because he might end up losing his job, which does not help Sam. Based on utilitarianism, Blair should report Sam to the management for breaching the company’s rules and regulations. Sam is likely going to contribute towards conflict of interest to avoid such Blair has to employ the concept of utilitarianism, which would lead to prevent arising issues from Sam’s gambling action which might also affect other employees. According to Kantian concepts, the casino company should focus on improving its policy regardless of affecting one employee at the expense of meeting the end result.By doing so the management would have focused on the profits and the productivity. Sam’s interest should therefore not prevent the company from meeting its goals of being competitive in the market. Sam should be put in a rehab to foster his working skills and professionalism. According to virtue ethical concept Sam should outweigh the negative effects of being associated with a rival gambling company. This could easily be spread to other workers making the casino company loose. Blair should not Blair should instead opt to talk to Sam about the risk of participating in gambling activities, which is against the rules and regulations of the Casino. Talking to Sam would help him since Blair would know what caused Sam to participate in the gambling activities. Sam would be open to Blair, and he would listen to the advice given by Blair; hence, he will find other alternatives of getting money rather than gambling, which would be of help to Sam.

Conclusion:

Generally based on the chosen case study, we can see the role of ethical dilemma and their applications in different perspectives in life. Importantly, in every workplace environment, the employer and the employees should in one way or another be guided by the above principals. In day to day activities, workers relationship could be enhanced through laying strategies aimed at including ideas on the required professional ethical behaviors. This would result to transformation of the work organization improving the employer- employee relationship. Ethical dilemma principals would enhance productivity of any institution based on the following: Kantian could be applied by employees to ensure that they focus on meeting the employer set standards. Utilitarianism on the other hand could be applied in the event when one is seeking the interest of the majority. Virtue ethics gives us a verdict on examining our logic in day to day activities, which involves portraying the best ethical behavior acceptable in the society.

References:

Arthur Dobrin D.S.W. (2012). 3 Approaches to Ethics: Principles, Outcomes and Integrity.