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Sadhu
Presented By:
Jyotika Kundu
MBA (2nd Year)
Case Facts
Stephens Arguments
Each did their bit as long as it was
convenient, then passed on the buck
to others.
Ponders about how different the
action would have been - Had the
person been a well dressed Asian or a
Western Woman
McCoys Views
At first, McCoy was defensive to Stephens
arguments.
Things like Stress, Once in a lifetime
opportunity were his excuses
But later on, he realized how they had
walked by an ethical dilemma without
appropriate action
Ethical Dilemma
Individual Ethics Vs Group Ethics
Applicability of Rule based Ethical
Theory
Implementing Ethics in Corporate
World
Individual Vs Group
Every person did their bit for the
Sadhu
However, no one ensured the
ultimate well being of the Sadhu
Where does the ethical responsibility
of an individual end
Is there something called collective or
institutional responsibility?
Ethics in Workplace
How to ensure collaborative effort
towards end goal
Synchronizing individual efforts with
collective vision
Reaching consensus and selecting a
leader in crunch situation
How to ensure groups support?
Deontological Analysis
Action is moral if the action is
universalizable and reversible
In the case, the actions are
universalizable
Reversibility is also justifiable
However, the end result is not
satisfactory
Utilitarian Analysis
Maximum benefits for the maximum
no of people
No person was harmed in the case
Sadhu was benefited from their
actions
However, the final result is still
unsatisfactory
Distributive Justice
Tenets are
- Maximum freedom for all
- Inequities to be tolerated only when the
weakest are benefited
The case satisfies the necessary tenets
for distributive justice
However the end doesnt seem
satisfactory
Teleological Analysis
End justifies the means
What is the end.completing once in
a life time trip or saving the Sadhu?
It doesnt specify the ends
Hence teleological analysis is not
satisfactory in this case
Virtue Theory
Morally good habits developed
through training and repetition
Moral virtues are the traits that
enable us to live well
Virtues are not rules to be followed,
but habits to be cultivated
Relevance to Corporate
World
None of them explain the relevance
Corporate World People have individual values
based on a set of shared goals.
Similarly in the story - the hikers want to take
care of the Sadhu, they want to finish and enjoy
the hike
Rule based analysis looks at a moral question in
analysis
totally context-free
character-free
person gets his or her moral clues only from
his or her innate faculty of reason.
is not between actions that are right and those that are
wrong, but between actions that are merely okay and those
that are excellent
That they acted only as anyone would be expected to act, and not as a
good person would be expected to act.
McCoy and his fellow hikers were given one of lifes rare opportunities to
be heroes, and they let it pass unmet.
The hikers actions, then, were blameworthy, because they were merely
justifiable in a situation which actually called for heroism and sacrifice.
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