Course objective: CO2. Explain how ethical frameworks shape business decisions.

Prompt: Select and research the following company that has been in the news for an ethical dilemma. Explain this company's ethical dilemma and resulting ethical failure, according to the following instructions.

Research this company/issue

1. Boeing - 737 MAX-8 Jet death crashes.

The following resources will also assist you

• https://www.proquest.com/docview/195725404?accountid=8289
• https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/720553748/boeing-knew-about-737-max-sensor-problem-before-plane-crash-in-indonesia
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0tuhADTglk
• http://websites.umich.edu/~thecore/doc/Friedman.pdf
• https://business-ethics.com/
• https://hbr.org/2012/04/you-might-disagree-with-milton

Assignment Instructions:

• explain the company and its industry;
• provide the factual background of the problem; and
• clearly state the ethical dilemma presented by the situation. There should be only ONE ethical dilemma. The company had two choices: the act it chose and an alternative it did not do.

3. Identify and define at least one ethical framework that the company apparently employed in making its decision. Note -- Not "Should have used." It is not acceptable to say it did not act ethically or did not use a framework. Analyze it. Frameworks include utilitarianism, free market ethics, deontology, virtue ethics , etc., covered in your course readings.

4. Then, identify and define at least one ethical framework that the company should have used when the problem arose, and explain how to apply it for them to have reached a better result than what actually happened. Be clear.

5. Identify and explain measures the company should implement to avoid this type of problem in the future.

6. Within your discussion include whether the company had a code of ethics or policy that seemed to apply to the situation, and if so, what went wrong with that?

7. Explain what business leadership in any company can learn from this situation.