Ethical Auditors determines that Stylish Shoes has an unexpected surplus of $200,000. The CEO and CFO debate

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Ethical Auditors determines that Stylish Shoes has an unexpected surplus of

$200,000. The CEO and CFO debate how best to spend the money. Knowing the financial difficulties of a number of company employees, the CEO thinks that the greatest good for the greatest number will be best served if the excess is split among the employees. On the other hand, the CFO thinks the greatest good for the greatest number will be best served if the money is sent to starving children in a poor country.

This conflict of how to assess the repercussions of an action is a shortcoming of which ethical theory?

(a) Consequentialism.

(b) Deontology.

(c) Virtue ethics.

(d) Nihilism.

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