Suggested Length: 1400 to 2000 words
Ethical Theories to Apply: Utilitarianism, Universal Ethics,
Golden Rule, Virtue Ethics
Task
You work in the Ethics Department for ABC Company (ABC). Your
department is dedicated to advising its employees about their
ethical obligations in the corporate setting. You are an internal
consultant who provides advice and most importantly,
recommendations for action to employees of the firm. All
communications you receive in this capacity are confidential.
Luke, an employee of ABC, comes to you with the
following scenario and asks for your advice. He wants to fully
consider the situation. Your task is to advise and recommend a
course of action based on the specified ethical lenses and facts as
given. Below are the facts that Luke provides to you.
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Luke has been asked to work on a project that involves
developing land recently purchased by ABC to build an adult
entertainment retail store. According to the plan, the land is
located on the corner of the neighborhood where Owen, Luke’s
brother, lives.
Luke knows that as soon as the plans for the store are
made public, property values for the surrounding neighborhood will
decrease significantly. ABC plans to publicly announce the project
one month from today.
Luke is concerned about his obligations of confidentiality to
his company. However, Luke is also very close to Owen, who recently
told Luke that he received an offer to sell his house at an “okay”
price given the current real estate market. Owen is considering
selling but hasn’t made any final decision yet. He wonders if he
might get a better offer a few years from now when the real estate
market improves.
What is the ethical issue, why is this an issue, and what
should Luke do about it?
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For assignment 4, prepare a memo, setting out your analysis
and recommendations, that considers ONLY the following ethical
lenses: Utilitarianism, Universal Ethics (i.e., Kant’s categorical
imperative), The Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics.
Remember that Assignments 2 and 3 are considered “drafts” for
Assignment 4. In other words, you may revise and reuse parts of
Assignments 2 and 3 (facts, issues, description of the ethical
lenses) for Assignment 4, but please make sure that you make
improvements where indicated. Page 2 of 2 Your analysis for
Assignment 4 will be different since you’re incorporating all four
theories into your analysis. But you may reuse other elements of
assignments 2 and 3 (facts, issues, description of the ethical
lenses) if they are written as well as you can write them.












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