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You are entrusted with the responsibility to train a fresh batch of graduate trainees that have joined your organization on ethical behaviors.
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Highlight the differences between an ethical dilemma and ethical lapse, citing two examples of each.
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In the absence of a clear set of guidelines, what should the trainees bear in mind to ensure that they make ethical communication choices? so the main difference between ethical dilemmas and ethical lapses is that ethical dilemmas are usually intentional, whereas an ethical lapse is usually unintentional.
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An ethical lapse is more of a momentary lapse in judgment, whereas an ethical dilemma is more deliberate.
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Ethical dilemmas are usually the result of a conscious decision to act in a way that is morally wrong.
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An ethical lapse is usually the result of a momentary lapse in judgment.
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An ethical dilemma is a situation where a person has to choose between two.
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Courses of action, neither of which is morally acceptable.
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And an ethical lapse is really just a slip up in judgment and a failure to act in accordance with one's own principles.
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And typically speaking, an ethical lapse can be solved with a simple apology, whereas an ethical dilemma probably cannot be.
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So examples of ethical dilemmas.
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Our first example is a company that has a policy of never laying off employees, but is encountering a an economic condition that makes it necessary to do so in order to stay afloat.
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So now they have two choices.
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The company now must choose between breaking its own policy about not laying off employees or go bankrupt.
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Neither is a good choice.
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Neither is necessarily a moral choice.
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But most people would agree there is a better choice among those two, but you're still in an ethical dilemma.
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Another example is a doctor who is treating a patient that is terminally ill.
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The patient has requested that the doctor end their life through assisted suicide.
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In many places, assisted suicide is illegal.
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So now the doctor has to choose between breaking the law by helping their patient or going against their own ethical beliefs...