Utilitarianism, Universal Ethics, Golden Rule, Virtue Ethics

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Facts

Luke who works at ABC Company wants advice based on the recent project he has been given by the company. Luke has been asked to work on the company’s recent land aimed to build an adult entertainment store within his brother’s recent neighborhood. Based on the plan, the land would affect the surrounding neighborhood market price. Additionally, due to the company’s loyalty set up Luke cannot attempt to give the information to the public before the company makes the property public. The company also plans to give the information to the public exactly a month from today. This happens after Owen got an offer to sell his house however, he chooses not to hope that the market rates might increase with time.

Issues

Luke faces great ethical issues in his place of work while trying to maintain the loyalty of the ABC company by not spilling out information to his bother about the upcoming project that would negatively impact the market rates within the community. On the other hand, if he chooses to follow company rules, it ends up that he will have failed his brother and the two might end up having a strained relationship. If he chooses to announce the information to his brother, then it is likely that he will risk his job which creates more issues.

Ethical Analysis

Golden Rule: The rule is a philosophy that guides how people live their lives and suggests many other people should be treated. Fairness and respect are determined by relationships with people. People tend to always act good for others since they would love to be treated in the same way. Hence, the famous saying that we should do unto others what we expect them to do unto us. In this case, while we apply the golden rule, two cases of the incident may exist. The case of Luke and his brother Owen and the case of Luke and his work ethics concerning ABC Company.

Therefore, if we reverse the case and fit in Luke's co-workers with the help of the Golden rule, we find that one must reciprocate what they would wish to be done to them. Luke would not wish his information is disclosed if he worked in the company, the colleague would have messed the company up at large. Consequently, he would not wish the information to be shared. If Luke was still a client at the company and realizes his information is not confidential, it would create issues.

On the other hand, it is through the golden rule that Luke would love to see the same case from his brother's view. If it happens his brother knew the information that his job would be terminated, he will alert him early enough to look for options, however, if Owen would choose not to help him, he would lose.

Virtue ethics

The Virtue of ethics implies a broad understanding of the concept of the role of character and that of moral philosophies that tie around the understanding that one should act in order of their consequences. This means that Luke can choose either to be a good brother or a loyal employee. It all rolls on him, if he chooses to be a loyal employee and not share the information about the company with his brother, he should brace himself for the consequences of the same. His actions would lead to a poor relationship with his brother and might cause an entire turmoil between the two even shortly.

If look chooses to be a good and virtuous brother, then he must also be ready to brace for the consequences that will come with him losing his job and saving his brother to sell his property before the company goes ahead with its plans. This means that the task he was allocated to run the upcoming project will end and his job will come to a stop. All this will affect his financial status at the cost of maintaining virtue ethics and the relationship between him and his brother Owen. This implies that both virtuous sides give a chance for individuals to choose what they feel is most applicable to their lives and what consequences they could take up easily.

Conclusion

Based on the case, being the advisor at the ABC company accredited the responsibility to take care of employee challenges and give the best way forward. The impacts of Virtue ethics and the golden rule play a major role in what people choose to go with. Additionally, I feel that Luke should not disclose ABC company plans on the new project since he always has a chance to convince his brother to sell his house earlier enough citing information that the market price is unpredictable. Later after the company accomplishes its plan, it is time to explain to his brother his deeds and how he intended to help him and maintain his job as well. I choose virtue ethics since it would apply best in this case scenario.

References

Lawrence, J. E., & Manolopoulos, D. E. (2019). An analysis of isomorphic RPMD in the golden rule limit.  The Journal of Chemical Physics,  151(24), 244109.

Papouli, E. (2019). Aristotle’s virtue ethics as a conceptual framework for the study and practice of social work in modern times.  European Journal of Social Work,  22(6), 921-934.