Write a business style memo to an appropriate person (depends on which case you choose). Include a statement of the dilemma, your decision, the factors you considered, and how important each one was.

Below is the option from 2 cases to choose from. The second is the real workplace dilemma, and the third is a 4 minute video clip.

Needs to fit on 1 page. 12 font, 1.5 spacing.

Ethical Dilemma 1

You are a nurse in a doctor's office on Friday afternoon. 4 patients are in the waiting roon, each one seriously ill with Covid. You have 2 doses left of the medicine that will cure them. The doctor has asked you to decide who gets the medicine and who does not.

Patient 1 65-year-old white heterosexual male. Grown children. No underlying health problem. MBA. Currently volunteering for Meals on Wheels and delivering meals to needy families.

Patient 2 45-year-old divorced Hispanic female. 2 children in college that she supports, and 1 grandchild who lives in the same household. HS education. Cancer survivor.

Patient 3 - 33-year-old black male. Single, MBA, working in the banking industry, wealthy. No health issues.

Patient 4 21-year-old college student. Active member of the LGBTQ community. Political activist, recently released from jail after a demonstration. Lives with like-minded friends. Works part-time in a coffee shop.

Ethical dilemma 2

You are in a life raft far from shore after a boating accident with 3 other people. The raft is designed for a 500 # weight limit, and only has enough water for 2 people for 4 days, 3 people for 3 days, or 4 people for 2 days. The sea is calm at the moment. You are in charge and others have agreed to abide your decisions. What do you do?

Person 1 YOU

Person 2 and 3. Husband and wife in their late 40s. 3 children, 6 grandchildren. She has breast cancer and weights 250 #, he is healthy and weights 200 #.

Person 4 The captain of the ship. Single, 75 years old. Skilled in survival and navigation.

Ethical dilemma (real!)

You are a project manager running 2 separate projects. Project A has been approved for $50,000 and is a high priority (safety and security), project B has been approved for $100,000 but is a low priority.

Project A is running behind schedule and over budget. Project B looks like it can be completed under budget, but you havent spent much time yet on it, so you aren't sure.

The Engineering Manager is all over you to get Project A completed on time and under budget. He says do whatever it takes. He suggests moving some costs to project B or saving money on project A by cutting some safety features.

The Accounting Manager is also watching your spending and warning you to make sure you do not move any costs around between the 2 projects. He might not be able to catch it if you do discreetly.

The Safety Manager has approved the project, and when you approached him about cutting some safety features from project A he said absolutely not.

The Plant Manager is a very ethical person but expects his subordinates to get the jobs done as committed to when the project is submitted for approval.

What will you do?

(The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars - Patrick Lin) This is the video title on YT.