Daniel Was Considering Whether or Not He Should Submit the Copy

question 60

Multiple Choice

Daniel was considering whether or not he should submit the copy for the annual shareholder's report.He believes that the information does not fully disclose the truth regarding a planned merger.He wonders to himself: "What would my mom say if she found out what I was condoning?" Daniel is applying which principle of ethical analysis?

• A) Self-interest
• B) Personal virtues
• C) Ethic of caring
• D) Utilitarian
• E) Mother knows best

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Definitions:

Emotion-focused

A coping strategy that involves reducing the emotional distress associated with a situation.

Erikson's Stages

A theory of psychosocial development identifying eight stages through which a healthy developing individual should pass from infancy to late adulthood.

Ego Integrity Versus Despair

According to Erikson, the eighth and final stage of psychosocial development, in which people in late adulthood either achieve a sense of integrity of the self by accepting the lives they have lived, and thus accept death, or yield to despair that their lives cannot be relived.

Approaching Death

The final phase of life leading up to death, often characterized by specific physical, emotional, or spiritual changes.