Case Study: Cost Justified?

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Cost Justified? 1. What are the relevant facts? Joe is the district manager of computer operations. Mary is his supervisor. There was a letter written to the CEO about the recently installed system and its not performing as expected. The system was very expensive and should be making money not losing money. Joe knows the performance of the system isn’t up to par. Joe has notified Mary about the system’s problems. Mary has only provided positive feedback to the CEO about the system. Mary wants Joe to write a letter back to CEO that the system is performing as expected. Joe tells Mary that he doesn’t want to write the letter. She says he needs to write the letter as requested. His job is at stake if he doesn’t. 2. Name at least 3…show more content…
What would be the consequences for each stakeholder for each of the alternatives? CEO won’t know truth about system. Joe might lose job for not listening to Mary. His family will suffer from his unemployment. Nothing will happen to Mary. The employee who wrote the letter might lose their job from misinformation provided by Mary to CEO. The stockholders will lose money from the investment into the company. CEO will know truth. Joe might lose job for being insubordinate to Mary. His family will suffer from his unemployment. Mary might lose her job if CEO finds out she’s been lying. The anonymous employee will have a job. The stockholders will know how their investment hasn’t been performing as expected. CEO won’t know the truth about system. Joe will lose job for not writing letter. His family will suffer from his unemployment. Nothing will happen to Mary. The anonymous employee will lose their job in the long run from misinformation. The stockholders will lose money from the investment into the company. 6. Which ethical theory (utilitarian, duty, or virtue) makes the most sense to you in this case?
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