Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 2: Deciding What’s Right: A Prescriptive Approach and read Chapter 3: Deciding What’s Right: A Psychological Approach and Chapter 4: Addressing Individuals’ Common Ethical Problems in the course text. Additionally, review Chapter 2: Deciding What’s Right: A Prescriptive Approach and read Chapter 3: Deciding What’s Right: A Psychological Approach and Chapter 4: Addressing Individuals’ Common Ethical Problems PowerPoint presentations.

Read the following case study and use the Eight Steps to Sound Ethical Decision Making in Business approach to consider the accompanying questions as you write your case study analysis and recommendations.

You’re a trader who joined a large investment bank two years ago. Pat, one of your fellow traders, is well known on the Street for being a big risk taker and a big money maker for the ?rm. Consequently, he is popular among your ?rm’s senior management. You see him at a party one night and notice that he surreptitiously used cocaine several times. Several weeks later in the of?ce, you notice that he seems exceptionally high-spirited and that his pupils are extremely dilated—you know that both are signs of drug use. You’re thinking of mentioning something about it to his managing director, Bob, when Pat makes a particularly impressive killing in the market for your ?rm’s own account. Bob jokes that he doesn’t know how Pat does it, but he doesn’t care. ‘‘However he is pulling this off, it’s great for the ?rm,’’ Bob laughs. You feel strongly that this is a problem and that it places your ?rm at risk. You’ve already raised the issue to Pat’s manager, Bob, who ignored the issue.

Questions:

• Do you raise the issue further?
• How can you voice your values in this case?

Support your analysis and recommendations with evidence from at least three scholarly and/or credible sources in addition to textbook, industry reports, and articles from the Ashford University Library. Be sure to include any links to professional websites used as references or to access company information.

In your paper,

• Define the primary ethical dilemma for the international organization or U.S. business or financial sector.
• Identify the affected parties (i.e., the stakeholders) in the case and the important right of each.
• Identify the consequences of your decision and the obligations of your analysis.
• Defend the character and integrity of your analysis and decision.
• Describe alternative courses of action that may be taken and the likely consequences of each proposed action for each stakeholder.
• Explain what you personally think is the right course of action in the case and the basis of your recommendation (i.e., check your gut).

The Case Study: Voicing Your Values paper

• Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style