Tamara Is Considering Accepting a Bribe from a Company Bidding

question 108

Multiple Choice

Tamara is considering accepting a bribe from a company bidding on a construction project even though she knows that the company has engaged in dangerous practices in the past. She knows her family, friends, coworkers, and managers would all consider this action unethical, but the money could pay for a really nice vacation. This decision is causing her a great deal of stress. Tamara is feeling a high level of

• A) stress based on personal principles.
• B) virtue ethics based on utilitarianism.
• C) moral awareness based on moral intent.
• D) moral intensity based on social consensus.
• E) ethical awareness based on social consensus.

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Definitions:

Geologic Cross Section

A two-dimensional diagram representing a slice through Earth that depicts the subsurface geometry of rock units and geologic structures.

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