Criticism Of The Salvation Army By Hege Ulstein Summary

This article by Hege Ulstein criticizes the actions of the Salvation Army to discharge a soldier based on his sexual orientation. The discrimination that goes on here will be addressed from an ethical standpoint and with the help of the navigation wheel to analyze dilemmas. When it comes to business ethics, an organization or business has to show some morals and act ethical when it comes to dealing with different situations, there could be consequences and backlash on a business or organization if a certain situation like this is handled in an unethical manner and companies should want to hold a good reputation. This issue is important to us so we can learn the correct way to deal with situations in a manner that appealing to us and the public as a whole and we can be successful in the business world. I have gathered here points supporting and opposing the criticism stated in the article using the navigation wheel for dilemmas and depending on what you stand for as a person and which is more important to you, the law or morality.
Hege Ulstein’s criticism of the Salvation army is one I can support. The decision made by the Salvation army to discharge a Salvation army soldier based on his sexual orientation can be viewed as unethical. No one should simply be discriminated against based on who they are as a person. The same could be …show more content…
These two things are probably seen as very different in the army because discrimination against someone based on their skin color and what they look like is a lot worse than discrimination against a person based on their sex and relationship lifestyle. One could say that you could never change the way you look, it’s the way you are born whereas one can decide to hide their sexual orientation, especially in a place like the army where this type of discrimination is rampant. It is way worse when we put both issues side by side and compare