Assignment: What is your Ethical Style?
In the Gonzalez-Padron (2015), Chapter 5, read the paragraph on distributive justice: Distributive justice relates to the fairness of outcomes, such as the allocation of pay, dealer sales area, and pricing in a multi-tiered distribution channel (Klein, 2008; Umphress, Ren, Bingham, & Gogus, 2009). The approach emphasizes proportionate equality. A definition for distributive justice in business is the obligation to distribute benefits and costs among all affected by an action or policy. Consider a manager with two employees wanting the same week for vacation. The manager uses a distributive justice approach when trying to organize vacation schedule requests so that employees have equal chances for getting their first choices. Employees are more likely to describe a violation of distributive justice as unfair rather than unjust (Dempsey, 1949)
What other ethical traditions contributed to the decision to eliminate tobacco sales? All three types of ethical philosophies could guide CVS management in making the right decision. See Consider: What Is Your Ethical Style? in Chapter 5 of the textbook to discover which ethical tradition is most dominant for you or your coworkers. In addition to ethical philosophies, other individual factors may influence ethical decision making, possibly impeding the company from taking bold and courageous actions reflective of a responsible business (Gonzalez-Padron, 2015, 5.1, para 25).
In your post, answer the question:
What other ethical traditions contributed to the decision to eliminate tobacco sales?
In addition, answer the questions in Consider: What Is Your Ethical Style? in section 5.1 of the text. Share your results and thoughts on this topic.