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Brandon Berridge Ethics Journal Module 1: Week 1 Reading: Hill - Ch. 1 1. What do you think Maria should do? Why? A: Maria should fire Abe. I feel this way due to the fact that both Abe and Barb are very comparable when looking at production. Barb does have some family issues impacting her performance (which can be addressed later by Maria). Though Maria did tell Abe this would be a long-term position, things have changed, and the company is moving in a different direction that is outside of her control. 2. What guidance does the holiness-justice-love model provide for her? A: In this situation, it's tough to demonstrate all three of these when having to make the decision of who to let go. Maria should be honest with Abe about why she has to let him go. He was the last to join the team, has average performance, and the company has to cut expenses in order to continue to operate. Providing him with support in any way possible as he transitions into a new job demonstrates love. Additionally, she can try to get him some kind of severance package for having to terminate him to help financially support him as he searches for a new job. 3. Of holiness, justice and love, which would be the most difficult for Maria to apply? Which is generally most lacking in the marketplace? A: Justice would be the most difficult to apply given that she is having to let go of Abe. Terminating a position within a company is never an easy thing to do for all parties involved. Further supporting him after would be her demonstrating love and holiness. Reading: Hill - Ch. 2 1. What do you think Jonah should do? A: In this situation, I feel that Jonah should take the opportunity to lead the audit. He will have to stay strong in his faith even though he doesn't agree with the company's values but should look at this as god providing him an opportunity to grow in further advance in his career. 2. If Jonah follows the guidelines of this chapter, what should he do? A: He will lead the Audit team while staying strong in his Faith. Hill mentioned in chapter two that Jesus stated we should remove ourselves form common life but discover holiness in the

midst of it. Jonah can conduct himself in a holy manner while still performing his job even though it doesn't align with his religious beliefs. 3. Identify holiness concerns in your workplace (or a previous workplace). Have these concerns been properly resolved? How or why not? A: My current employer does a good job of noticing issues of Holiness and correcting them before they are a problem. In correlation to this we have a prayer room that is available to anyone when making all religions inclusive in the work setting. Additionally, they are a highly profitable company and have started a committee called “Men On Margins” (MOM Fund) where the committee members donate money to certain organizations, people, or communities that need help. Most recently this took place in the form of a coat drive where we purchased 25 coats to be given out at a local school that needed some assistance. Module 2: Week 2 Reading: Hill - Ch. 3 1. In your opinion, is this action just? Why or why not? A: In my opinion, I feel that the public discussion is just a technicality. The members already know the decision they are going to make due to the consensus of the community. Since more members will not be affected by the changes, they are more likely to be pro-growth than their counterparts who live close to the soon-to-be newly built manufacturing factoring. I feel that the decision is justifiable from a business standpoint is just but unfortunately, there wouldn't be a solution that would be cost-effective to the business and the local homeowners. 2. Analyze the commission’s action in light of this chapter’s definition of justice. A: I say the commission did appear to implement justice by giving the local people 2 hours to voice their opinions on the matter. I do strongly believe that the members had already made their decisions prior to this due to the election coming up 3. Does the concept of holiness provide any additional insights? A: I feel that the company could have implemented holiness by considering the local housing market and the impact the new factory would have on them. In correlation they could have sold the land to another company that need office space and allocated those funds to find a more remote sight that would have a direct impact on the local community. 4. Identify a situation in your work environment (or a previous one) that raised justice concerns. Was is resolved justly? How or why not? A: Most recently we had a situation arise where a coworker was driving a company vehicle after hours while drinking and totaled the vehicle. The company waited a few days and then fired the

employees. I feel in this situation the employee was 100% in the wrong but the company could have made accommodation to give him a second chance. His work performance was top tier and he was and all around good employee but he did make a costly mistake. I feel that grace, compassion could have been taken in this situation Reading: Hill - Ch. 4 1. What do you think Dora should do? A: I think Dora should have compassion for Ralph given the situation. She should also explore ways to help Ralph get his niece the money she needs to get her own medication so that he doesn’t have to resort to stealing hers. We all make mistakes and under the circumstance it's understandable. Ralph could have also reached out for help prior to stealing the medication. 2. What is the “loving” thing for Dora to do? A: Show compassion for ralph in the situation. Ralph is probably a good human being but under the circumstance turned to stealing in order to provide for a family member. I’m noting this is justifiable, but she should understand the reasons for his actions. As Christians we must understand that we all make mistakes and should forgive each other for their wrongdoing. 3. Analyze the case through all three moral lenses – holiness, justice and love. When combined, what guidance do they give Dora? A: Show compassion and love for the situation and put herself in his shows. Maybe he didn’t have anyone that was willing to help him get the medicine? Implement justice by showing him the actions were wrong and correct them will providing the holiness and love to help him moving forward get his niece her own medicine. Module 3: Week 3 Reading: Hill - Ch. 5 1. What do you think of Christy’s list? Do you agree more with her or with Jean? Why? A: I agree more with Christy but so see some value in working at some of the jobs she listed in the argument. As Christians we are called to serve other just as Christ served others while he walked the earth. Being a bartender for instance may allow the opportunity to witness to someone who would have not had the opportunity to cross paths with a Christian believer previously. 2. How does the concept of vocation apply to this list? A: Christy has a strong belief that Christians shouldn’t be working at these types of job which is demonstrating vocation in the situation. Additionally, there can be value in these situation due to

being able to witness to non-believers. 3. Have you ever worked with someone who treats business like a poker game? Do you envy or pity this person? Why? A: I have and always viewed them sneaky due to telling multiple lies in order to achieve the desire result they were after. I always felt like being upfront and honest would be the best approach and the other person would understand and a compromise could be made were both parties are equally getting satisfied. In my example they lied about the amount of money they had in a budget in order to keep their profit margin higher making them look good to higher up manager. This resulted in the contractor making less money for the work he completed. Reading: Hill - Ch. 6 1. How would positivism analyze this case? A: Positivism would pertain solely to the scientific evidence of all the data. In this situation the data integrate is low due to participants being able to lie about information on the reports leading to inconsistent result in all the data sets. The finds would be inconclusive. 2. How would an integrated Christian approach analyze this case? A: The Christian approach would be to implement a procedure and polices across the industry to help in increasing the consistency of the data. In turn this will create a better reputation and also give the clients the result that they are wanting to achieve while having accurate information about the paternal fathers genetics. 3. What are your personal feelings about these practices? A: Personal I feel that there should be consistency among the data and more rigorous requirements to ensure clients are getting the genetic results that they desire. Additionally, when looking at the cliental that use these services, I feel that they have the right to choose what they do with their bodies and can use whatever service they want regardless of how I feel about the situation. 4. Describe conduct you have observed at work that, though legal, seemed to be less than ethical. A: the biggest thing that I have noticed is the ability to manipulate margins in order to make the company more monies. Personally, I have been in the situation to where I could have easily made them more money, but it would have come at overcharging a homeowner for services that were less expensive that estimated. In that situation I offered them a credit and was still able to hit the desired margins that job had in place. Module 4: Week 4

Reading: Hill - Ch. 7 1. Has Sovanny acted correctly? What, if anything, would you have done differently? If nothing, explain why. A: in this situation I would have served her the drink. Even though it against my moral this customer has her own decisions to make. Sovanny brought it to her attention the danger it presented by her consuming alcohol during pregnancy, but she still wanted to do so which is her decision. Sovanny did the right thing even if the customer didn’t appreciate it. I do see his point of not originally serving her due to his strong beliefs but under the circumstance had to due to his manager. 2. What moral guidance do the concepts of this chapter provide in this case? A: The biggest guidance would be moral ambiguous concerning the situation. The customer was made aware of how her decision could impact her but still decided to proceed anyways. At this point it was out of Sovannys hands and he did his duty as a Christian to bring light to a dark situation. 3. Identify moral dilemmas you have experienced (or witnessed) in your role as an agent in the workplace. A: One unmoral thing I have witnesses was seeing an employee take certain tools from the workplace because he knew that they were logged, and the company would purchase new ones thinking they were left on the job. It put me in a tough situation but after this I suggested to my manager that we implemented a system to track all tools going on a job sight to help in preventing this in the future. Additionally my coworker knew how I felt about the situation without me saying anything to him and so far, I have not seen or heard of him doing it again. Reading: Hill - Ch. 8 1. How should Hue respond to Jan’s second question? A: I feel he should voice words of encouragement will demonstrating the Christian value of love and justice. This is someone’s child who they love dearly and are excited about starting a new chapter in there live. Hue should be encouraging while also not responding with negative comments that may hurt Jan’s feeling about her child. 2. Is lying ever justified? If so, when? If not, why not? A: In this situation it is a double-edged sword. I feel that lying is unethical, but I also see how telling your true thoughts could also have negative repercussion. In both situation there will be some negative aspect so I would lie due to the negative repercussions not being so severe to external participates.

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