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Application of Ethics to Legal Issues

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Four Ethical Theories Analysis for the Defendant

The consequential ethics, in this case, will judge whether the defendant is wrong or right

based on the consequences they may face. The defendant arguing that they are not responsible for

pre-exposing their residents to the hazardous environment, yet the defendant is liable for the

facility, gives room for consequential ethics to drive the case. However, the defendant is not

directly the cause of the hazardous condition; it is their position to create, direct, and maintain

safety for the residents.

Utilitarian ethics is all about creating an environment that is favorable for most of the

people in residence. From the scenario of the defendant, the state in which the kitchen lacked soap,

cockroaches, and worms in the food preparation area, and inadequate staffing is an accurate

indication that the defendant did not take the betterment of the majority at heart because that state

was a cause of unhappiness to the residents.

According to Ozyurek (2018), deontological ethics supports that doing something immoral

can be better. The defendant must have known the situation at the residence they administered. He

could argue that it was all part of awareness so that the facility would find more funding to better

the facility. Replacing broken glass windows requires money, and so does hiring additional staff.

With such financing, the defendant can manage the facility as The Iowa Department of Inspections

and Appeals standards dictate.

Nonconsequential ethics does not conform to the rightness or wrongness of the defendant's

administration consequences but rather the rightness or wrongness of their intrinsic administration

properties. The defendant is being fined a fifty-dollar daily fine for violation and regulations

survey. This is even more money going into the drain, which would have helped solve the residents'

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1 Application of Ethics to Legal Issues Student Name Institutional Affiliation Date 2 Four Ethical Theories Analysis for the Defendant The consequential ethics, in this case, will judge whether the defendant is wrong or right based on the consequences they may face. The defendant arguing that they are not responsible for pre-exposing their residents to the hazardous environment, yet the defendant is liable for the facility, gives room for consequential ethics to drive the case. However, the defendant is not directly the cause of the hazardous condition; it is their position to create, direct, and maintain safety for the residents. Utilitarian ethics is all about creating an environment that is favorable for most of the people in residence. From the scenario of the defendant, the state in which the kitchen lacked soap, cockroaches, and worms in the food preparation area, and inadequate staffing is an accurate indication that the defendant did not take the betterment of the majority at heart because that state was a cause of unhappiness to the residents. According to Ozyurek (2018), deontological ethics supports that doing something immoral can be better. The defendant must have known the situation at the residence they administered. He could argue that it was all part of awareness so that the facility would find more funding to better the facility. Replacing broken glass windows requires money, and so does hiring additional staff. With such financing, the defendant can ma ...
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