Name: Anna B.

Adlong Class Schedule: TTh 10:00-11:30am

Year/Course: BEEd-1 Date: November 14, 2019

The 7 steps model for ethical decision-making

The Cost of Integrity

1.Gather the facts

 Dr. X, a distinguished structural engineer

 Dr. X received a phone call from an engineering student at a nearby college regarding
his famous skyscraper
 Dr. X's famous skyscraper had a serious technical design flaw
 Dr. X dismissed the student's concerns outright
 Dr. X sifts through his data and realizes the student is indeed correct
 Rectifying the problem would be no small task but it might negatively impact Dr. X's
professional reputation.

2. Identify the stakeholders

 Dr. X, a distinguished structural engineer, and the one who designed the skyscraper
that has a technical defect.
 The Student from a nearby university who expressed concern thru a phone call
regarding the famous skyscraper constructed/designed by Dr. X.

3. Articulate the Dilemma

 An eminent structural engineer Dr. X whose design of skyscraper has been found a
technical flaw by a student from a nearby university. Upon hearing the concern of the
student, Dr. X outrightly dismissed it. The conversation he had with the student made
him think, thus, he spends time over the weekend sifting his data regarding the
structural design of the skyscraper. Then, he found out that indeed the student was
stating the fact. As he knew the factuality of the case, and that lead him to a dilemma.
He has two options/choices which greatly affects his life and the lives of many. First,
if he’ll notify the building’s owners, city officials, and even the press about the case
then he can prevent the possibility of losing thousands of innocent lives, but in other
way he would lose his reputation as a well-known and respected engineer in town.
 Second, he will just keep his mouth shut and just pretend that all is well so as his
reputation will never be stained, but then this will risk the lives of many.

4. List the Alternatives

 I will notify everyone specially the building's owners, city officials, and the press to
set a counter measure.
 I will ask the student to keep his mouth shut, if he do so, I’ll pay his silence any
amount he wants.
 I will make a plan to prevent the disaster that might happen without telling anyone
even the owner.

5. Compare the Alternatives

The value here is the cost of my integrity by putting consideration the common good,
and putting aside selfishness and self-interest.

 In the first option. Does notifying everyone upholds the value of having an integrity?
 In the second option. Does suppressing the student uphold the value of having an
integrity?
 In the third option: Does planning for prevention on my own will surely save lives,
and will it uphold the value of having an integrity?

6. Assess the consequences

 In the first option: Does notifying everyone is fair for the value I have and to
everyone?
 In the second option: Does suppressing the student is fair for the value I have and to
everyone?
 In the third option: Does planning for prevention on my own will surely save lives,
and is it fair for the value I have and to everyone?

7. Make a decision

 Since the value I have is the cost of my integrity by putting consideration the common
good, and putting aside selfishness and self-interest. I decided to notify everyone even
though my profession and my reputation will be jeopardized. I do believe that
reputation can be build up through time but lives that was already lost can’t be taken
back to life, and I don’t want to regret my decision of prioritizing myself just for
personal gain and interest while the life of many is at stake because of my mistake.