According to Michael Davis's Complicity-Avoiding View, Whistle-Blowing Is Morally Permissible

question 15

Multiple Choice

According to Michael Davis's complicity-avoiding view, whistle-blowing is morally permissible if

• A) a practice or product does or will cause serious harm to individuals or society at large.
• B) what you will reveal derives from your work for an organization; you are a voluntary member of that organization; you believe that the organization, though legitimate, is engaged in serious moral wrongdoing; you believe that your work for that organization will contribute (more or less directly) to the wrong if (but not only if) you do not publicly reveal what you know; and these beliefs are true and justified.
• C) a practice or product does or will cause serious harm to individuals or society at large and the charge of wrongdoing has been brought to the attention of immediate superiors.
• D) the charge of wrongdoing has been brought to the attention of immediate superiors and no appropriate action has been taken to remedy the wrongdoing.

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Definitions:

Quantity Supplied

The level of goods or services available for sale by producers, who are willing and able to provide them, at a predetermined price over an agreed period.

Excess Supply

A market condition where the quantity of a good supplied is greater than the quantity demanded at the current price.

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of a good or service demanded meets the quantity supplied, resulting in market balance.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to purchase at a given price level.