Ethical Decision Making Paper Charles M. Krolick

First lets state the obvious. Decisions that are made disregarding ethics are bad decisions. It leads to nothing but trouble. Example: Enron, the decision that the CEO and others made regarding the manipulation of financial records is just unethical. They chose to mislead investors no matter the consequences. <Tab/>Sometimes the decisions we make may affect hundreds, maybe even thousands of people. Decisions we make may only affect our family, so …

…you look at it the ground rules have changed for you. The consequences you suffer are of your own making, no matter which decision you make. <Tab/>What is ethical for you may not be ethical to me. We must decide that on our own. You can hold strong on your ethics, and not let the ground rules change, or you can change the ground rules along with your ethical convictions.