Question 1

SINGAPORE - Singtel will be implementing a wage freeze across the company, this year - except for operational and support staff - as part of a cost-cutting exercise by Singapore's largest telco. Group chief executive Chua Sock Koong said in a note to employees that the company needed to brace itself for uncertainty because of the coronavirus outbreak and the weak business sentiment. Ms Chua said: The management committee and I will each contribute at least half a months pay (to the Singtel Touching Lives Fund) while top management has been strongly urged to make voluntary contributions of a quarters months pay. She encouraged staff to give as well, adding that the company will match staff contributions dollar-to-dollar before directing the donations to the Community Chests Courage Fund and other beneficiaries working to fight the fall-out from the virus outbreak. Source : The Straits Times, March 2020

(a) Describe the THREE principles of Kants theory. (20 marks)

(b) Apply Kants theory to determine if Singtels actions are considered ethical or not. (20 marks)