Analysis phase

Identify responsibilities of the decision maker. (Consider responsibilities of both general ethics and professional ethics.)

Identify rights of stakeholders. (It might be helpful to clarify whether they are negative or positive rights, in the sense of Section 1.4.2.)

Consider the impact of each potential action on the stakeholders. Analyze consequences, risks, benefits, harms, and costs for each action considered.

Find sections of the SE Code or the ACM Code that apply. Consider the guidelines in Section 9.2.3. Consider Kants, Mills, and Rawls approaches. Then, categorize each potential action or response as ethically obligatory, ethically prohibited, or ethically acceptable.

If there are several ethically acceptable options, select an option by considering the ethical merits of each, courtesy to others, practicality, self-interest, personal preferences, and so on. (In some cases, plan a sequence of actions, depending on the response to each.