Go to: https://ba.gsia.cmu.edu/ethics/AA/mgtmini.htm.
Read Case "Cost Justified?"
Prepare an analysis in outline form. Your analysis should include the following
Who are the stakeholders in this case?
What are the interests of the stakeholders?
Legal Analysis:
Do any of the listed laws apply to this case? (defamation law, product liability law, warrant law, securities acts, sarbanes-oxley, civil rights acts.)
If they do apply, analyze the legality of the corporation's actions in this case.
If the laws do not apply to the actions in this case, explain why they do not apply.
Ethical Analysis:
- If the decision maker applied the categorical imperative theory in this case, what would the result be, and why?
- If the decision maker applied the utilitarian theory in this case, what would the result be, and why?
- If the decision maker applied the rights theory in this case, what would the result be, and why?
- If the decision maker applied the justice theory in this case, what would the result be, and why?
Conclusion and Recommendation:
Based on the above, what is your final recommendation to the corporation regarding this case? Your recommendation should be at least two paragraphs and include at least three reasons, with specific references to material, stating how you arrived at that conclusion.