use the decision making process to analyze the following situations which will be presented:

QUESTION: The latest edition of the standard that applies to your products now has three pages of "safety" markings and warnings specified. So many warnings about very unlikely situations greatly reduce the impact of warnings that might prevent dangerous events. You have actually surveyed customers and found that to be true. Your marketing department wants you to color coordinate and reduce in size the warning labels. The new version still would comply with the standard, but it would not stand out on the machine.

a) Identify the ethical issue or problem.

b) List the facts that have the most bearing on the decision.

c) Identify anyone who might be affected by your decision and how.

d) Explain what each affected person would want you to do about the issue.

e) List three alternative actions and identify the best and worst case scenario for each alternative, anyone who would be harmed by this choice (and how), any values that would be compromised by selecting this alternative, and any automatic reasons why this alternative should not be selected (legal issues, rules, etc.).

f) Determine a course of action.