The question posed in this week’s assignment is difficult to give one answer to. When one speaks of ethics they are speaking to a person’s morals. With that said everyone has different morals. What one might see as being ethically or morally correct might not hold true or hold the same value to someone else (Greenberg, Bruess, Oswalt, pg. 741). For this assignment, we are asked for our personal opinion on Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College’s decision to not cover any form of birth control in their health care plan. I personally do not agree with the stance that Hobby Lobby or Wheaton College made but I also do not feel they acted unethically. To me, their decisions are irrational and unfair to women employees who want to be in control of
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As stated in this week’s reading the decision to not provide any health care coverage has an effect on over 700 students at the college (Perez, n.d.). I can fully support an organization standing for what they believe in but not at the expense of others. Discontinuing the health insurance has a very small effect on Wheaton College, but the students that were forced to take the colleges insurance for whatever reason will now be forced to find coverage somewhere else. I truly hope the decision made by Wheaton College was honestly due to their religious beliefs but with the alternatives that were available it’s hard for me to get past this just being a slight at what many like to call “Obamacare”. I don’t think the government should have the power to force a private or family-owned business to provide insurance coverage for something that truly goes against the religious beliefs that are being used as the foundation of the organization. In the case of Hobby Lobby, at least, they are willing to offer something. True some of what isbeing offered is ridiculous since it can easily be obtained over the counter without health care coverage, but at least, they are offering a health care plan that includes the majority of the most commonly used
As stated in this week’s reading the decision to not provide any health care coverage has an effect on over 700 students at the college (Perez, n.d.). I can fully support an organization standing for what they believe in but not at the expense of others. Discontinuing the health insurance has a very small effect on Wheaton College, but the students that were forced to take the colleges insurance for whatever reason will now be forced to find coverage somewhere else. I truly hope the decision made by Wheaton College was honestly due to their religious beliefs but with the alternatives that were available it’s hard for me to get past this just being a slight at what many like to call “Obamacare”. I don’t think the government should have the power to force a private or family-owned business to provide insurance coverage for something that truly goes against the religious beliefs that are being used as the foundation of the organization. In the case of Hobby Lobby, at least, they are willing to offer something. True some of what isbeing offered is ridiculous since it can easily be obtained over the counter without health care coverage, but at least, they are offering a health care plan that includes the majority of the most commonly used