The purpose of this assignment is to assist you in refining problem-solving capabilities that organizations already possess for use in business ethics applications. This paper uses a structured, objective format sometimes called a system of inquiry. This assignment is a systematic formalized inquiry into or examination of the code of ethics of an organization and its effects to achieve a specific level of ethical behavior in employees, management, and executives.Although it is easy and valuable to have students discuss an ethical dilemma, the students can fall into the trap of jumping to their first impressions and then trying to justify their responses. It would be more in keeping with the idea that ethics is a process to have students intelligently assess the information relative to a dilemma in the hope that a resolution will become apparent as a result of exploring the problem. In order to accomplish this, the student will need models and practice in detaching themselves from personal interests and understanding the types of reasoning, or ethical systems, that people commonly use.

The purpose of this module is to have students illustrate types of ethical decisions by role playing a script, then involving the class in discovering the type of thinking demonstrated. Knowing the types of systems will hopefully help to shape their future discussions of ethical dilemmas and help to broaden the repertoire of thinking they can bring to use. Students may try to put these systems on a continuum of right/wrong or good/bad. It is important to point out that they are simply ways people find the reasoning they bring to an ethical dilemma. All of these are useful in looking for considerations and in understanding other points of view.

Audience:
(Any High School Class)

Objectives:
Students will come to a common understanding of the different frameworks people use