Employee Stan's Leaking Sensitive Information At A Job

The case I will be referring to is by Amanda Ortiz. The purpose of this exercise is to find a course of action for a case by analyzing how the ethical teaching that I choose would determine the outcome of the situation presented in the case. The teaching applied to Leaking Sensitive Information at a Job is from Books 1,2, and 3 by Aristotle. Leaking Sensitive Information at a Job presents a situation in which Employee Stan who works in a high profile corporation finds out the corporation is committing deceitful actions by altering the amount of money customers have in accounts. Stan’s first option is to leak this information to the media and his second option is to keep the data to himself and not let anyone find out.

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Being a virtuous individual means taking action against terrible situations or events. In Stan’s situation the honorable decision would be to tell the media because thousands of customers would be given their money back and the corporation would be shut down as it rightfully should be. An honorable individual will make the less selfish choice ninety-nine percent of the time based on the quote presented in the moral virtue

Stan has a tremendous amount of responsibility and power in this situation to make the choice that is most courageous. Being able to make decisions without authorization allows Stan an opportunity to do what will make the most positive difference in his situation. Being able to feel at peace after he makes his decision plays a tremendous role in the motive of courage.

The course of action that would be taken by Employee Stan is to reveal this horrible act done by the corporation he works for because it is the more courageous and benefits more people than if he were to not tell anyone. By revealing to the media that the corporation is lying to customers and stealing their money, Stan will be fired. On a positive note, he will be thanked by the customers and be able to live with his decision. Making a positive difference in the lives of thousands is a thousand times more important than making the wrong decision and being a selfish