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Competency
Evaluate consequence-based moral theories.
Instructions
Creating the perfect boss
Your company, Ye Old Paper Mill, recently experienced some organizational chart changes, mostly related to management positions. After posting low profits and even lower employment satisfaction scores, the CEO decided it was time for a change. The CEO, who prefers consequentialist views when it comes to ethical decisions, approached you, along with the rest of the human resources department, and tasked the team with weighing consequentialist ethical theories and selecting which theory would be best for potential managers. For this assessment, you will draft a proposal that addresses the following questions:
What are key features of consequentialist theories?
What are the differences between the consequentialist theories?
How does happiness and pleasure factor in to these theories? Remember employee satisfaction is at an all-time low.
What are the pros and cons of each view for the company if the majority of its employees would follow one of the particular theories?
Would it be possible for a manager, who follows a different ethical perspective, to effectively manage subordinates who follow a particular consequentialist theory?
- Select and defend which consequentialist theory for management would be best for the company.
- Your properly formatted proposal will need to include the following sections:
Introduction: Explain why you are sending this proposal. Provide an overview of the issue and discuss the task from the CEO.
- Address the questions listed above with applicable support and research
- Conclusion: In this part, you will wrap up the proposal and select and defend which consequentialist theory for management would be best for the company.
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Creating the Perfect Boss
Brooke Anderson
Rasmussen College
Date: 11/24/2019
There is a need to make management changes whenever the organization wishes to
restructure or somewhat change the organization structure. The chief executive offer is free to
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use different means of conducting the restructuring. This includes making decisions using
predetermined views, such as consequentialist ethical theories. In the case of Ye Old Paper Mill,
it is possible to use the consequentialist method given that it is the most appropriate for the top
leadership in the company. It is, therefore, essential to understand the features as well as the
different theoretical forms, the pros and cons, and the other vital areas that pertain to the method.
It is important to note that one can only tell whether an act was right or if it was not well
informed based on the subsequent results. With good results, it means that the act is more
rightfully placed according to the theory. This theory mainly validates the reasons backing up the
validity of such actions. The consequences help a person to decide on the issues of
consequentialism. The main feature or principle relates to the way it directs, or rather
understands the results of the act. They also include consequences following the procedures as
well as necessity for better or more actions. This kind of information is critical to know,
especially when faced with a dilemma. With a full understanding of the potential consequences,
a person is able to select the most attractive action that is thought to display better results.
There are two main theories to be considered: utilitarianism and Hedonism. Utilitarianism
looks to maximize human well-being, while Hedonism promotes maximal human pleasure.
There are other t...