Ethics analyses:

As American women continue to exit the workforce at an increasing rate, talk is turning to ways of making working and having children more compatible. The proposed solution? Allowing employees to bring kids to the workplace. In a recent survey asking whether employers should let workers bring kids to work, 61% responded yes, with limits; 26% responded no; and 13% yes. Proponents argue that the added flexibility for parents would quell the exit rates and increase productivity through relieving stress. While just about anyone could agree that a group of loud kids running the office isn't preferable, others point to another concern: fairness to workers without kids. Many feel that parents should not receive special privileges, so to level the playing field, nonparents should be permitted to adapt the workday to their lifestyles as well. Should kids be allowed in the workplace? Are employees with kids entitled to more flexibility than those without children?

(Santa Clara University, 2014).

Some frameworks for ethics analyses:

Utilitarianism - the greatest good for the most significant number of people

Rights approach - free will combine with respect for others

Fairness approach - equality for equals, equitable distribution for others

Common good approach - the greatest good for the entire community

Virtue approach - actions reflect the kind of person we want to be

1. Which level of inquiry would you use and why? (individual, organization, or business system)?

2. How would you understand the dimension of this decision (legal, economic, and moral)

3. Which tool would you use for decision-making? (Specific or General)

4. How would you evaluate moral standards?

5. Which framework above would you use? Why?