Evan is the manager of a Walmart store in Idaho. On a recent Sunday$$their busiest day of the week$$the Walmart lost power for four hours. The relatively short power outage cost Evan$$s store roughly $$3$ million in lost revenues and spoilage. The only way to recover financially in the short term would be to lay off half of the store$$s employees. Evan knows that there are a number of college students who are high performers. He assumes these employees still live at home with their parents, but he can$$t be sure. He also knows that there are some employees who live paycheck$-$to$-$paycheck and rely on their employment at Walmart to feed their families. Evan is torn between laying off employees based on their perceived financial need versus their performance. Which of the following represents Evan$$s decision?

A code of ethics

Business ethics

A universal ethical standard

An ethical dilemma