You Are an Ethics Consultant,and a Group of Managers Have

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Essay

You are an ethics consultant,and a group of managers have asked you for some guidelines to determine the ethicality of a decision.You tell the managers that one cannot guarantee the rightness of a decision,but a checklist can improve the chances of a decision being ethical.What are six questions you would tell the managers to put on this checklist?

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Expenses incurred by a business that vary directly with the level of production or sales volume, such as cost of goods sold.

Net Present Value

The difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time, used to assess the profitability of investments.

Discount Rate

An interest rate used by central banks to lend money to commercial banks, intended to influence the broader economy.

Initial Investment

The initial amount of money or capital put into an investment project or venture.