Mosquito Borne Virus Case Study

Managers often come across ethical decisions that influence their organisation. The South American country has been affected by a mosquito borne virus, a virus which causes serious birth defects. A manager often questions themselves "what is the right thing to do and how is it the right thing?” (Garber 2008). A manager is considering to either support the athlete or coach. Supporting the athletes will ensure their safety but it’s prejudice to the coach and other team members, whilst supporting the coach would put the athlete’s health at risk. So the best decision would be to allow the athletes to withdraw from the competition without any financial penalties. To help with this decision, a manager would be applying the three ethical theories …show more content…
When making an ethical decision, all parties must be taken into consideration. Utilizing the mosquito borne virus case study allowed the manager to apply the three ethical theories and validate the best outcome of decision. The justice model takes into account of treating all stakeholders; athletes, coach and team members equally and fairly but each stakeholder could not resonate in an equally fair way (Gruskin and Daniels 2008). The utilitarian model takes into account of producing the greatest benefit for all stakeholders; athletes, coach, team members and the general public. However, the highest number of outcomes does not always result in a better outcome. Whereas the group of athletes will be at harm. Therefore, taking the position of helping the athletes is morally ethical and outweighs the utilitarian and justice model. It is only fair for the athletes to have their basic rights to protect their health from safety. So a manager’s best decision would be to allow the athletes to withdraw from the competition without any financial