Question 1: Analyze and write up steps 1-4 on the ethical decision-making framework (use the provided template).
Step 1: Determine the facts
Step 2: Identify the ethical issues involved in general, and the ethical dilemma Tony Menendez faced.
Step 3: Identify all relevant stakeholders affected by Tony’s dilemma.
Step 4: Propose two possible alternative actions Tony can take in response to his dilemma.
Question 2: Analyze and think through step 5 with first framework.
1st Application of an ethical philosophical framework and analysis of the stakeholder impact
Step 5: Analyze Tony Menendez’s dilemma and the potential implication of the two possible actions you propose in Step 4 from a ‘Utilitarian – Philosophical Framework’ perspective. Be sure to include the impact on the relevant stakeholders.
Question 3: Analyze and think through step 5 with second framework.
2nd Application of an ethical philosophical framework and analysis of the stakeholder impact
Step 5: Analyze Tony Menendez’s dilemma and the potential implication of the two possible actions you propose in Step 4 from a ‘Virtue Ethics – Philosophical Framework’ perspective. Be sure to include the impact on the relevant stakeholders.
Step 6 – Make a decision: Present which action Tony should proceed with, and justify it based on your previous analysis with the two ethical frameworks above.
Question 4: How did Tony’s values seem to be different than the prevailing culture at Halliburton? What steps would you take as the Halliburton’s CEO to design systems that both encourage ethical behavior and prevent unethical behavior? Back up your response with what you learned about compliance-based and value-based culture from Chapter 4.