Ethical Issues with Stealing

Case- Study Method 1. Identify the ethical issues * she is being paid double * she has not reported it after 2 and a half months * the funds is not hers * she can get in a lot of trouble * she cyphers bad in front of other colleagues if they were to ever baring out. 2. Identify two possible plausible courses of action * tell Human Resources they made a mistake and give back the money * keep the money and hope no one notices. 3. Identify and quickly define some ethical theories Rawls the sterling(prenominal) amount of good for the worst off people * He would have thought that regardless of intentions the ends is more important than the gist. * Difference principle applies because it justifies that creating (or increasing) inequality is ethical only if doing so also benefits the worst off members of society. * Utilitarianism * The greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people * Wouldnt support this because it is a selfish act * The intentions dont matter it depends on the pith of the situation. Francine would benefit from the situation but the department would be losing money so the greatest amount of people would not be benefit. * Veil of Ignorance * Original postal service assume the state of nature hwere theres no cooperation * Everyone is perfectly rational and completely self0interested * No knowledge of race, sex, age, socioeconomic position, marital status, local, abilities/ skill, intelligence, etc. this means that Francine would not have the knowledge that she was being overpaid and continue on being ignorant about it. . Analyze the courses of action using the ethical theories use theories above. 5. look at the considerations and come to a single recommendation for action * Francine should report that she is being paid double because it is not ethical to be receiving money for no reason. * Could be considered stealing * Looks bad upon her * Makes her seem untrustworthy * Can lose her job * No one will have respect for her * Only b enefits herself (her debit) 6. Justify your recommendations with reasons look above.