Mitchell is part of an audit team who has been sent to Mexico to conduct an audi
ID: 2470204 • Letter: M
Question
Mitchell is part of an audit team who has been sent to Mexico to conduct an audit of one of their client’s subsidiary companies. During the audit Mitchell uncovers a series of bribes that the company has paid to local authorities. Bribes are considered a normal part of business in this particular city so the subsidiary company feels as though they have done nothing wrong. Mitchell thinks of herself as an honest person and is trying to decide what is ethically appropriate. Required: Determine what decision Mitchell will make regarding whether or not she will report the bribes by applying ethical theories of teleology and deontology
Explanation / Answer
Ans : She should report thr bribes to the approprate authority. In term of Teleolgy theories, there is nothing wrong and right of human behaviour, what makes a count is the consequences of doing that particular things hence here considering the teleology theories, she has to determine the consequences of giving the bribes. And the consequences are like giving the bribes to the local offical is like creating a habbit for the official of gaining personally before doing any work, hence at large it is not good for the society, thus she should report it to the appropraite authority.
As per deontology theory, where in your actions will be judged by adherence of the rules and regulations, since here it was morally wrong to give bribes to the official to get the work done, so as per deontology theory also, she should report this to the appropriate authority.