2. Put yourself in Antonio’s position and decide realistically what you would do. Is your response at a preconventional, conventional, or postconventional level of moral development? How do you feel about your response? From what computer technician Kevin Pfeiffer just told him, it looked to Antonio Melendez as if top management at Empress Luxury Lines finally found a way to fund the computer system upgrade he’d been requesting ever since he’d taken the job two years ago.

It all began innocently enough, Kevin said. When he reported to the luxury cruise line’s corporate headquarters, his supervisor Phil Bailey informed him that the computer system had been hit by a power surge during the fierce thunderstorms that rolled through southern Florida the night before.“Check out the damage, and report directly back to me,” Phil instructed.