9th Week of CSRGOVE Class: The Fifth Case

At the 9th week, our class continued the debate and have the quiz 2. But because I was sick, I didn't go to the class. At the night before the class, I discussed with my group mate about the case so even though I didn't go to the class, I was able to explained about the case.

The fifth case is about Monica who works at a large medical company that reviews lab procedures. Her company job is to give the institution permission to use blood samples for laboratory testing. The ethical issues that involved in the case is about does Monica should follow the company rules and just send back the unsigned form to the supplier or she should go to her boss and discuss about the procedure or the process use to accept the form. Also is it ethical to let the blood suppliers sign a consent form which they cannot understand because it is too complex and is it ethical to let her company still doing the same procedure which made them still accept the numerous unsigned consent forms.

From this case, our group comes up with third alternative that Monica could do. The first alternative is Monica could bring the case up to her boss and give her concerns about the consent forms. She can clear up any misunderstandings she has about the process of the papers. The second alternative is Monica should make a simpler revision of the consent form and submit the proposal to the management. Also the third alternative is Monica should return the form back for a signature from the supplier without comments which also means the do nothing action.

After considered how the alternative will affect the stakeholders with utilitarian, Kantian duty, ethics of care, justice and fairness, and implication for the personal integrity, we decided that the first alternative is the best alternative because it gives all yes to the criteria. We also evaluated the decision alternative with the work's procedure, customer's loyalty and relationship, and self image and career until we found that the first alternative is the best alternative to choose.