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Ethical Decision Making Framework

Rania's dilemma

It was Tuesday afternoon and Rania had just finished her meeting with Bilal, the account executive of Swiftxyz. This company, Swiftxyz, is a "marketing and advertising solutions" firm that her company, Bonustree, deals with. She was very excited at the opportunity given to her by Bilal. Rania has been working with her company for just two months, and she was learning new things every day.

Bilal just informed her that he was so happy to do business with her. He indicated that as a token of appreciation, he will give her personally, 5% of any business she conducts with his company. This would be done, of course, without overcharging her company. He explained the scheme as follows.

"Say, by the end of the year, your company ends up using our services for $100,000" explained Bilal, "We will pay you 5% directly to you, which is $5,000". He indicated that this was a standard practice in the industry. In addition, he clarified that her company will not suffer from this arrangement as it would not cost it any additional fees. This was strictly a personal arrangement between Rania and Bonustree which has no negative impact on Swift123.

Something did not feel right to Rania. Although Bilal was trying to convince her that nothing is wrong in this arrangement. "If all is right", she thought to herself, "why am I hesitant to share the news with others? Why don't I want my company to know about this? And if they do, how will they respond?"

The size of Swiftxyz business was expected to grow over the next couple of years. She realized that, before long, she could end up with a few more thousand dollars. All of this, she thought, with no one getting harmed "after all, if I don't take the money, this will not make my company pay less; everybody gains from this arrangement."

Required:

Evaluate below case using the ethical decision-making process and the three philosophical perspectives.