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Decision Case

Autor:   •  February 20, 2012  •  Essay  •  312 Words (2 Pages)  •  2,076 Views

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Decision

From this case study we can come to the decision that Cultural relativism tells us to understand the moral codes and customs of a given society and not to judge the morality of a particular culture. If cultural relativists are right, the search for common morality is over. So Alexander has to maintained allegiances to a different nations, culture, codes and laws. As the problem refers to cultural relativism, Alexander should understand this carefully rather than made judgments.

Since literally no harm will be done if the deal is made and since it concerns the source of income for a lot of people and finally keeping the fact of utilitarianism in mind; I come to the conclusion that accepting the offer and going ahead with the deal will be the perfect solution to the problem.

I think the best solution would be the number four for the Alexander Gavin. I highly recommend this option because it creates a win-win situation for both Alexander and the manager. I think this extra $3 million will not affect company's huge profit margin that they expected. On the other hand EI Sahd Company will make an intimate relation with Ajax Ltd as also Alexander save himself from physical harm.

If Alexander refuses this offer then he might keep his ethical beliefs and gain some mental satisfaction. He would have deprived his company from a deal worth $3 million. Incidentally here he might face other ethical dilemmas, if he reject the deal, he could have been spoiled a source of income for the employees of the EL Sahd Construction Company. Only for his selfish ethical reason he has no right to deprive the overall interest of the whole employees.

On the other hand if he rejects the deal some other construction company might make the deal and do the task and El Sahd Construction Company unreasonably lose their opportunity.

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