Ethics and Social Responsibilities
Module 1
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4

1. There are six factors that contribute to Ethical Intensity. They are Magnitude of consequences, Social consensus, Probability of effect, Temporal immediacy, Proximity of effect, and Concentration of effect. They all play an important role in the decision making of whether or not to let Famous Brewery and Bottling Company sponsor the spring festival and set up a booth at the festival as well. We gave the ethical intensity of the decision 21 out of 30 after putting the six factors on a scale of 1 to 5 and adding them together. 2. It is a very hard decision whether or not to let Famous sponsor the festival because we have to think about what the charity is truly about which is helping victims of domestic violence get temporary housing, cope with stress, and sometimes help with starting a new life. Ultimately the decision is not to let Famous Brewery and Bottling Company sponsor the festival, it may send the wrong message to a lot of people that come to the charity event and we represent helping women in domestic violence situation. 3. Taking the six factors into consideration when making the ultimate decision helped a lot with whether or not to let Famous sponsor the fundraiser. Putting them on a scale from 1 to 5 and adding them up against 30 made the ultimate decision of how important ethically this was. Having sponsors is great and it helps tremendously with the cost of the fundraisers but we cannot forget what it is truly about. Women that come to this event will be victims and people against domestic violence, and we don’t think it is a good idea to have any alcohol at the festival. It will send out the wrong message to a lot of people and some may get offended because a lot of domestic cases deal with alcohol. So it would not make any sense to promote that at this festival because once again we are representing women in domestic violence situations. We have to remember what the charity is all about.