Problem
The director of a drug addiction rehabilitation program faces a difficult budget allocation decision. He has sufficient budget to mount only one of two programs his agency would like to offer. Program A is geared to elementary students. It will serve 500 children from some of the city's most troubled neighborhoods. Past experience has shown that without such a program 200 children will be addicted by the time they are 16 years old. With such a program, it is expected that no more than 50 will become addicted. Program B focuses on the rehabilitation of adolescent drug addicts. Fifty teens can be served each year, with a 60% success rate. In what ways does the decision-making framework help you understand the ethical dilemma?