Rasmussen College Consequence-Based Moral Theories Paper

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Evaluate consequence-based moral theories.

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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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Running Head: CREATING THE PERFECT BOSS Creating the Perfect Boss Brooke Anderson Rasmussen College Date: 11/24/2019 1 CREATING THE PERFECT BOSS 2 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 use different means of conducting the restructuring. This includes making decisions using predetermine 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 understanding the features as well as the different forms that create the theories among the pros and cons as well as a vast of other vital areas that pertain to the method. It is worth understanding that it is because of the results that one would tell whether an act was right or it was not well informed. With good results, it means that the act is more rightful placed according to the theory. This theory mainly is the reason where something is supposed to be right or not right. 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 procedures as well as the better or more actions for that matter. It is very critical, especially when faced in a dilemma, and a person can be able to select the most active that is thought to display better results. There are two main theories, which include the utilitarianism as well as Hedonism. They are different in that utilitarianism looks at the way to maximize human wellbeing. On the other hand, Hedonism looks at the direction to maximize human pleasure. There are other likes subtle, which looks at the maximizing on the satisfaction as per the information and rationale CREATING THE PERFECT BOSS 3 preferences. Whenever it comes to implementation, it is clear it will directly affect the issue of happiness and pleasure (Švaňa, 2016). There is no way one will be able to offer joy and pleasure in an organization ideally. However, they will try and pick the option that will seem to increase the probability of happiness and pleasure. This is in consideration of no single time that the employee satisfaction will ever reach some point. Employees will view the issues differently, and there some pros and cons that relate to the same. The two are essential in making a morally right decision. They offer flexibility in that a person can choose between vast options available for the system. However, it is impractical in real life, as it does not call for an evaluation. The moral actions are entirely separate. It might not be suitable for society as it becomes hard to predict decisions and might lead to the issue of loss of trust. While a manager might follow a different ethical perspective, the subordinates might have other allegiance on particular consequentialist theory. The two will be different in terms of rules, as making moral choices will be different for the two people. The manager may think that something is right while the individual looks at it using this theory only to consider it has fewer results as compared to an option. Consequences will define moral values (Taylor, 2016). They might not agree on assessing the functional outcomes as well as issues of happiness, pleasure, and, more so, the effect of satisfaction. In this case, the management can maximize the welfare of the workers or rather their wellbeing for much better results. The right choice in a situation will result in more happiness, thus reducing the number of people who will experience unhappiness. The management understands that by restructuring, more people will get much better roles and will be able to act 4 CREATING THE PERFECT BOSS on areas that brought some failures. With the utilitarianism theory, it will be able to maximize the welfare at the company, thus ensuring the best of the result not only internally but also externally. References Švaňa, L. (2016). On two modern hybrid forms of consequentialism. Ethics & Bioethics, 6(3-4), 157-166. Taylor, N. (2016). Consequentialism and the ethics of planning research. In Ethics and planning research (pp. 23-38). Routledge.
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Running Head: CREATING THE PERFECT BOSS

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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

CREATING THE PERFECT BOSS

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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...


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