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Ethics-Focused and Decision-Making Model

An Ethics-Focused Decision-Making Model

  • Determine the Facts
  • Identify the Ethical Issues Involved
  • Identify All the Stakeholders
  • Delineate (and/or Create) Alternative Courses of Action
  • Assess How the Alternatives will Affect Stakeholders
  • Seek Guidance
  • Make a Decision; Act; Monitor the Outcome(s)

Make sure to Analyze the Apple Battery Scandal case that pay attention on the ethical issues involved.

Total Maximum 7 pages, no exceed allowed.

There are 7 steps on the model. Make sure to write every single one of them.

Each paragraph contains one single step.

7 paragraphs needed.

The sub-step details are posted below, also available in the file. Make sure to write the sub-step into every paragraph.

  • Determine the Facts
    • Resist an immediate “judgment call”
      • Be aware of how sports, for example, has influenced all of us to make quick choices of what is within the rules
      • Reference Librarians
      • Authors
      • Researchers
      • Professors
      • Pastors
    • Check multiple sources of information
    • Differentiate between “facts” and “assumptions”
  • Identify the Ethical Issues Involved
    • Are there dimensions of “right and wrong”; “fair or unfair”; “good or bad”?
  • Identify All the Stakeholders
    • Who (Groups) and how many?
  • Delineate (and/or Create) Alternative Courses of Action
    • Generate at least two different courses (Do something or do nothing.)
  • Assess How the Alternatives will Affect Stakeholders
    • Determine beneficial versus harmful consequences
    • Consider the Law
    • Recognize your own potential “conflict of interest”


  • Seek Guidance
     a. Close friends
    b. People you respect
    c. Knowledge sources
    i. Subject matter experts
    ii. Reference Librarians
    iii. Authors
    iv. Researchers
    v. Professors
    vi. Pastors
  • Make a Decision; Act; Monitor the Outcome(s) a.Make a choice b.Do something constructive c.Be prepared to DEFEND your choice with logical, persuasive arguments d.“All Solutions Just Create Different Problems”—Follow up and Correct

Remember, It’s a very detail paper! Don’t try to skip any steps or the sub-steps ! The professor is very strict! Follow the steps and make the analysis clear is all we need!