(Ethics) Chapter 2 - Moral Dilemma

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1. dilemma is a situation where a person is forced to choose between

two or more conflicting options, neither of which is accept-
able.

2. moral dilemma is also called an ethical dilemma and refers to a situation

where an individual needs to make a choice but faces a
conflicting situation between one or more alternatives.

(1)Making an option to one moral value over the other;

(2) A situation where moral values are equally significant;

(3) A scenario where a person has a strong moral reason

in action, but not equally strong moral reason in acting in
another way;

(4) A state where a person should morally do one, two, or

more and have difficulty in deciding any of those conflicting
choices.

3. organizational refers to a situation that causes an organization to respond

ethical dilemma negatively or positively to an ethical issue that affects staff,
(Lamberto) shareholders, and society, as well as corporate ethics and
customers.

It includes also the leaders' ethical actions in preserving

financial reporting integrity.

4. individual ethical pertains to a situation where individuals confront with a

or moral dilemma number of factors such as peer pressure, personal finan-
(Smith, 2018) cial position, and economic and social status which may
influence all individual ethical standards

5. structural moral selecting a proper system of responsibilities and relation-

dilemma ships,
which is a continuing universal challenge.

6. Differentiation
vs. Integration

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The conflict between the distribution of jobs and the
organization of numerous activities generates a classic
dilemma.

7. Gap vs Overlap When the main tasks are not explicitly defined, the critical
job will slip through gaps. In a similar manner, functions and
activities can overlap, causing conflict, wasting time, and
unintended duplication of responsibilities.

8. Lack of Clarity vs. When employees are not clear about what they are
Lack of Creativity expected to do, they often adapt their tasks to personal
interests instead of system-wide goals which often leads
to problems.

9. Excessive Auton- When individuals or groups are too independent, they

omy vs. Exces- are always isolated.
sive Interdepen-
dence

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