Ethical question

Assume you are the manager of the accounts division and you are aware that all staff members of the division are working under workload pressure. Staff members are currently working from home due to the Covid Pandemic. Most of the staff members are single or married with no children. However, one junior staff member, Kathy, who is a single mum has two children of primary school age. Due to the recent lock down, the children are being home schooled. As a result, Kathy is missing some important meetings and cannot attend to her full workload. This has put additional pressure on other staff members workloads. This issue has been raised in a staff meeting by her colleagues, bringing more stress to Kathy. You understand that due to financial hardships Kathy has to work fulltime. What you should do?

Required: How do you think this situation should have been handled? Discuss the ethical dilemma presented by this case using the ethical decision-making framework (model) given below or another model that you know.

An ethical decision-making framework using Utilitarian and Rights Theories Identify the ethical issue(s). Determine the affected parties and identify their rights. Determine the most important rights. Develop alternative courses of action. Determine the likely consequences of each proposed course of action. Assess possible consequences including an estimation of the greatest good for the greatest number. Determine whether the rights framework would cause any action to be eliminated. Decide on an appropriate course of action.