The three critical individual variables by Linda Trevino explain how the ethical decision making of a person can be explained by its situational components. Usually, people before taking a decision, they tend to think about the problem, and then they take a decision. People based their decisions on their understanding, beliefs, knowledge, and experiences of the problem to solve the ethical dilemma. People have different ways of thinking and that influenced them on their ethical decision process. The critical individual variables that affect people on solving an ethical dilemma are; ego strength, field dependence, and locus of control.
Ego strength; it refers to strength of a person to maintain emotional stability, and to control impulsive…show more content… Usually people with locus of control tend to believe that events in their life happen because their own actions and behaviors.
In a short essay, list and discuss the five components of moral intensity.
According to Thomas Jones, the level on moral intensity affects the decision making process of a person. Moral intensity can be defined as the intensity of the moral issues that might affect the decision making process of a person. The components of moral intensity are; Magnitude of consequences, social consensus, probability of effect, temporal immediacy, proximity, and concentration of effect.
Magnitude of consequences; it is based on the utilitarian theory, the moral action that has to be taken, it the one that will benefit the greater number. It refers to all the consequences that would harm or benefit others based on the moral decision taken. Social Consensus: it refers to what society believe and agree of what is good or bad. Society is the one that will determine, and judge if the actions are morally right or not. There are different types of society, usually there is an agreement between a certain society with their own values and
