Jane And Kensely's Mistake In Making Ethical Decision Making

1 The only logical decision for Jane to make is choice (1) from the case question. By correcting the mistake in the indenture that she has discovered, and informing both Roman and the client of the mistake, Jane has not only done what’s right, but she has also done the right thing. Integrity, ethical behavior and responsibility should follow the rule of thumb about doing things right and doing the right thing. Defining “doing things right” and “doing the right thing”, have either been to give one a different interpretation or having them both being defined with a similar and interchangeable definition. Opinions vary about doing things right as being a universally recognizable and acceptable standard of conduct or being efficient, and doing the right thing as an individual act that is brought forth by the preceding definition or being effective, or vise …show more content…
.Jane and Kensely together, and by association with each other, face several ethical dilemmas. Considering their joint dilemma in which they both decide to correct the mistake and inform Roman that the mistake was originally made by Kensely and not Jane, both Jane and Kensely are acting within the branch of Descriptive Ethics, which concerns how individuals respond and act in given situations instead of the way that would be socially acceptable to achieve an appropriately acceptable ethical outcome (Icheku, 2011), which would apply to the decision that they have made to cover-up the mistake that Jane made by fabricating the scenario that Kensely had originally given Jane the incorrect information in her preparation of the indenture. By actually employing this decision, the branch of Applied Ethics, which attempts to apply ethical theory to real-life situations (Almond, 1996), Jane and Kensely are attempting to prevent Roman or the client from