A manager of a retail store hired a fellow classmate to help out. One day, he notices the classmate stealing clothing from the store. When he confronts the classmate, he laughs it off and says “The owner is insured, no one is hurt, and it was under $100. Besides, friends stick together, right?”
This dilemma could be handled in two ways, through a Utilitarian or an Egoism perspective. The Utilitarianism perspective is a teleological ethical system, which judges the consequences of an act. It holds that a bad act that results in good consequences is defined as a good act. Under this system, the morality of an act is determined by how virtuous it contributes to the society as a whole, that harm can come to one individual as long as it allows others …show more content…
Retailer profits go down, therefore, consumers pay higher prices. Althought, some may think of shoplifting as a victimless crime, its just isn't true. Example: a theft of $100 for a company operating on a 10% profit margin would require $1000 worth of sold items to make up for the profit lost. Furthermore, shoplifting burdens the police and courts, adds to store's security expenses, and cost communities lost money in sales taxes. Under the utilitarianism perspective, which judges the consequences of an act. The act of reporting the employee for theft could be defined as a good act because it benefits the company as a whole. Keeping profits high and costs low. Under this system, the morality of an act is determined by how virtuous it contributes to society as a whole, that harm can come to one individual as long as it allows others to profit. Another way of looking at it would be to conceal the theft. It could be viewed under the utilitarian perspective, that not reporting the incident would cost the company monies, but the burden of the police and court would not exist. It the manager turns in the employee, the owner would call the police and the process of adjudication would begin. The explanation examines the possibility that only the employer would be
This dilemma could be handled in two ways, through a Utilitarian or an Egoism perspective. The Utilitarianism perspective is a teleological ethical system, which judges the consequences of an act. It holds that a bad act that results in good consequences is defined as a good act. Under this system, the morality of an act is determined by how virtuous it contributes to the society as a whole, that harm can come to one individual as long as it allows others …show more content…
Retailer profits go down, therefore, consumers pay higher prices. Althought, some may think of shoplifting as a victimless crime, its just isn't true. Example: a theft of $100 for a company operating on a 10% profit margin would require $1000 worth of sold items to make up for the profit lost. Furthermore, shoplifting burdens the police and courts, adds to store's security expenses, and cost communities lost money in sales taxes. Under the utilitarianism perspective, which judges the consequences of an act. The act of reporting the employee for theft could be defined as a good act because it benefits the company as a whole. Keeping profits high and costs low. Under this system, the morality of an act is determined by how virtuous it contributes to society as a whole, that harm can come to one individual as long as it allows others to profit. Another way of looking at it would be to conceal the theft. It could be viewed under the utilitarian perspective, that not reporting the incident would cost the company monies, but the burden of the police and court would not exist. It the manager turns in the employee, the owner would call the police and the process of adjudication would begin. The explanation examines the possibility that only the employer would be