Framework

Four kinds of ethical dilemma

The question it answers

When a manager must choose between two rights, such as telling the truth or staying loyal to a colleague, which kind of ethical dilemma are they facing?

Origin
Kidder, 1995
Diagram type
Hub diagram
Level of analysis
Individual
Topics
Ethics & corporate governance
Clay balance scale with two level glass pans, icon for business ethics

Diagram

Four kinds of ethical dilemma

Ethical dilemma
Truth versus loyalty
Individual versus group
Short term versus long term
Justice versus compassion

Pitfalls

Pitfall

A banned practice can leave the underlying harm in place (a child-labour ban does not by itself put children in school; poverty is the root).

Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Kidder, R.M. (1995) How good people make tough choices. New York: William Morrow.No DOISource page