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Ethical Frameworks for Workplace Problem-Solving

Slide 1: Title Slide

Title: Ethical Decision-Making: A Guide to Frameworks Subtitle: Solving Workplace Dilemmas with Integrity and Logic Presenter: [Your Name/Team Name] Date: December 2025

Slide 2: Why Ethical Frameworks?

The Challenge: In our fast-paced workplace, technical and business decisions often have complex moral dimensions (e.g., data privacy, resource allocation, team fairness).

The Solution: Ethical frameworks provide structured, repeatable processes to analyze dilemmas, move beyond gut instinct, and justify difficult choices to stakeholders.

Slide 3: Framework 1: Utilitarianism (Consequence-Based)

Core Principle: The most ethical choice is the one that produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. The focus is on the outcomes (consequences).

Workplace Application:

Problem: Should we launch a product with a known minor bug that affects 5% of customers, or delay the launch, costing the company millions and jeopardizing 100 jobs?

Utilitarian Solution: Launch the product. The minor inconvenience to 5% is outweighed by the massive financial loss and job security risk for 100 employees.

Pro: Maximizes overall happiness/utility.

Con: May disregard the rights of individuals or minorities (the 5% affected customers).

Slide 4: Framework 2: Deontology (Duty-Based)

Core Principle: Ethical actions are those that adhere to moral duties, rules, and obligations, regardless of the outcome. The focus is on the action itself. (Think Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative).