Communicating at Work: Strategies for Success in Business and the Professions 11th Edition by Ronald Adler,Jeanne Marquardt Elmhorst,Kristen Lucas

Exercise 3

Ethical Communication Choices
Descriptions for these seven guidelines for judging ethical communication are provided in the text:
• Utilitarian Approach
• Rights Approach
• Fairness or Justice Approach
• Common-Good Approach
• Virtue Approach
• Professional Ethic
• Publicity Test
Outline the range of ways you could handle each situation below. Use two or more of the ethical guidelines to compare courses of action. Then decide on a course of action you believe to be both principled and realistic. Justify your decision.
Your manager calls you into her office and praises you for doing excellent work on a recent project. She suggests that this level of performance is likely to earn you a promotion and a raise. In truth, a colleague made a far greater contribution to the project. How do you respond to your manager's praise?
Sources: Adapted from Richardson, J. E. (Ed.). (2003). Business ethics 03/04 (15th ed.). Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin; Soeken, D. (2008). On witnessing a fraud. In J. E. Richardson (Ed.), Business ethics 07/08 (19th ed.). Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.