Carefully read the case below, and answer the questions that follow:

Societal Dilemmas

The Institute for Global Ethics also proposed the following ethical dilemma to

promote a global understanding of ethics and to promote ethical decision

making:

The mood at Baileyville High School is tense with anticipation. For the first time

in many, many years, the varsity basketball team has made it to the state

semifinals. The community is excited too, and everyone is making plans to

attend the big event next Saturday night. Jeff, the varsity coach, has been

waiting for years to field such a team. Speed, teamwork, balance: they've got it

all. Only one more week to practice, he tells his team, and not a rule can be

broken. Everyone must be at practice each night at the regularly scheduled time:

No Exceptions.

Brad and Mike are two of the team's starters. From their perspective, they're

indispensable to the team, the guys who will bring victory to Baileyville. They

decide$-$why, no one will ever know$-$to show up an hour late to the next day's

practice. Jeff is furious. They have deliberately disobeyed his orders. The rule

says they should be suspended for one full week. If he follows the rule, Brad

and Mike will not play in the semifinals. But the whole team is depending on

them. What should he do$?$

BMEM $5103-$ETHICS FOR MANAGERS

$4$

a$)$ What is the ethical dilemma here? $(5$ Marks$)$

b$)$ What should the coach do$?$ Your answer should be linked to one of the ethical

decision making models $($i$.$e$.$ Utilitarian theory, Rights theory, or Distributive

Justice Theory$).(10$ Marks$)$

$(15$ MARKS$)$