Ateneo de Zamboanga University

School of Liberal Arts

Philosophy Department

WORKSHEET FOR MORAL DELIBERATION

Remember that this activity is NOT designed to gather your OPINIONS, but to measure your
understanding from the discussions in class and from your readings. Your responses will be graded
based on the following rubric.

DESCRIPTORS* INTERPRETATION
Superior Demonstrates deep understanding of the concept; has no
(41-50 points) misconceptions; shows high competence in explanations
Average Demonstrates some understanding of the concept, has few
(31-40 points) minor misconceptions, can explain in some details
Passed Demonstrates limited understanding; has some misconceptions,
(25-30points) can explain in some details with inaccuracies
Needs Demonstrates low understanding; has many misconceptions;
Improvement needs help in explaining ideas
(24 points below)
* Each descriptor is equivalent to a certain score range.

Moral Case:

You have just been hired by a consulting firm. It is a good

position that will give financial security to your family. Your
first assignment is to assess bids for a study that your client
needs done. The bids were all due by 3:00 P.M. At 3:30 your boss
calls you into office. He slips one of the submitted bids into an
envelope and asks you to run it over to one of the firms that you
thought was going to bid on the project but had not yet done so.
You are told to wait while the agent at this firm looks at the bid
in the envelope and formulates his own bid to return to you. You
suspect that you are being asked to cooperate in a scheme that is
showing favor to your boss’s friend. But as a new employee, you
want to be seen as a team player. You don’t want to jeopardize
your job or the financial security of your family, yet it seems
wrong to let a competing firm look at someone else’s bid. What
ought you to do? (Richard M. Gula, SS, Moral Discernment (Paulist Press, 1997), 41.)
STEP1: Identify the issue
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STEP 2: What are the relevant Facts?

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STEP 3: Who are the Stakeholders? Identify the Moral Obligation
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STEP 4. What are the available options? Cite the ethical theory
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C.FINAL ANALYSIS

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“Philosophy is for those who are willing to be disturbed with creative disturbance”

Sir JoelP

Claire decides to follow Mr. Jones’ instructions and stock the shelves with
expired medicine. However, she decides to put it at the back of the shelf
behind the units with the “in-date” expiration dates, on the assumption that if
they do have a run on this item as a result of the sales price, at least the new
units will be sold first.

On the day of the sale, the allergy medicine is their best selling item and
by noon they are almost out of the in-date items. Now Claire has a choice to
make. Does she follow Mr. Jones’ instructions and hope that no one notices
the expired date? Or does she pull the items and apologize for the item being
out of stock, with the risk that upset customers will ask to speak to the
manager?