Decision Making Models: The Three Models Of Ethical Decisions

In many organisations, CEOs are often faced with difficult ethical decisions. A CEO of an Australian corporation is faced with this dilemma. There has been a major cyber security breach to a competitor. As a result of this, the CEO has been presented with a proposal from their information technology manager to upgrade the organisation’s cyber security system. The CEO must choose whether or not to spend millions of dollars to ensure the safety of both the company and the many stakeholders that may be affected by this decision. There are three decision making models that are used when faced with ethical decisions. The are known as the utilitarian model, moral rights model and justice model (Waddell, Jones and George 2012, 133). These ethical decision making models can be used by any manager that is faced with any ethical dilemma. Each model represents three different …show more content…
This essay will discuss these three models and also why the utilitarian model yields the most ethical decision to accept the proposal.

When faced with ethical decision making the moral rights model is the first model that can be used. The moral rights model addresses the need to protect the rights of the individuals that will be most affected by the decision (Waddell, Jones and George 2012, 133). Rights themselves are “moral concepts” (Ozar 1985), they are what society deems as being morally good and then turned into fundamental principles or laws. This model attempts to