BUS.206 Project 2 Mountain Top View Ethical Test 4/2/23 Clare Applewood
The Golden Rule When presented with an ethical situation such as the one Steve faced while employed with Mountain Top View, I feel that The Golden Rule should have been utilized to aid Steve in his dilemma to either fix the issue as he did or to take a more ethical approach to minimize the possible implications such as the ones in his case by using this golden rule. The Golden Rule, though it may be confusing and challenging, presents an ethical guideline that presents a path to ethical conduct. (Kubasek et al., 2019) While this rule does present a pathway to ethical decisions, it also presents issues that one may be faced with when presented with the opportunity to act suddenly. (Kubasek et al., 2019 pg. 26) In Steve's situation, he was left with a decision to fix the breaching issue as soon as he caught it or to make an ethical decision to let his managers know about the issue so it can be resolved as a team. Personally, I can relate to Steve as an issue like this may seem to be time sensitive in a way that if the system was breached and information was already compromised, who's to know if the hacker or hackers were actively intercepting additional consumers personal information? Had Mountain Top View had policies or SOP's in place that handled issues such as this specifically, maybe Steve would have taken a different approach. Steve was the company's information technology lead, and in my opinion should have been aware of the severity of it and how to approach an issue such as this breach. With the statement, "We are committed to keeping customer information secure and protected." It should be common to practice ethical behavior within the workplace. Had Steve used the Golden Rule he would have been able to make a better decision by reflecting on the guideline presented.
1. Do to others as you want them to gratify you. 2. Be considerate of others' feelings as you want them to be considerate of yours. 3. Treat others as persons of rational dignity like you. 4. Extend brotherly or sisterly love to others, as you would want them to do to you. 5. Treat others according to moral insight, as you would have others treat you. 6. Do to others as God wants you to do to them. (Kubasek et al., 2019 pg. 26) Following this guideline Steve would have to self-reflect on whether he would want someone in charge of his personal information to be compromised and handled as he did the consumers. Would he have felt as though his rights and security were taken seriously and with caution had he been one of the consumers whose information was hacked? His handling of this issue was nothing short of incompetent given his position and responsibility. Had Steve utilized this Golden Rule he may have made a more suitable decision to