Posted: April 24th, 2025

Deontology

Deontology

The following Course Outcome is assessed in this assignment:

GB590-2: Evaluate deontology theories within discrimination and workplace issues.

In the course overview, you learned that you will be using GVV as a foundation for a personal journey on relationship building and decision making based on your values. Why do you need to learn about ethical theories and frameworks? “Ethical Theories are attempts to provide a clear, unified account of what our ethical obligations are. They are attempts, in other words, to tell a single “story” about what we are obligated to do, without referring directly to specific examples” (Ethical Theory: Overview, 2022, para 1). Learning about select traditional ethics theories and incorporating this information into your decision-making process will help you to understand your decision-making processes in greater detail and enhance your ability to act in concert with your values.

In this assignment you will be learning about deontology and applying this theory to a current example that you select for analysis. You will also be using your work with GVV so far in this analysis process

In a 3-7 page APA formatted paper excluding diagrams and other visual/oral aids as appropriate, address the following:

Section 1 – Deontology: In this section, you will be delving into this theory from a variety of perspectives. Using the weekly readings and videos and at least two other

scholarly sources

 provide an overview of this theory to include the following;

• Definition, individual elements or subsets of the main theory
• Contributors to the development of this theory
• Historical foundations for this theory, in other words, what societal elements or circumstances caused this theory to be developed?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating this theory into decision-making in the contemporary world?
• Using your GVV work to date, would this theory be in alignment with your decision making? Why or why not?

Section 2 – Analysis of a current business situation or event

In this section, you will be applying the work you completed in the prior section to a current business situation (current would be within the last 6 months) that is of interest to you from a discrimination and workplace issues perspective. You may use a personal example, select from your own sources or use the many business reporting sources in the university library

• Based on your research and any practical experiences you may want to share, discuss the business and societal ramifications of discrimination and workplace issues. Include at least two scholarly sources in addition to the relevant weekly readings/videos
• Provide a summary of the business that you have selected for this analysis. Include but not limited to;

  Name
  Industry
  Values, Vision, Mission, purpose
  Public vs private
  Financials
  Size
  National/International

• Discuss why you selected this company. What was of interest to you?
• Overview of discrimination or other workplace issue that that you have identified. Potential items to include;

  Details of the workplace issue(s)
  Impact on the business which can include hard dollar costs as well as other costs
  Did this issue conflict with

  With company stated values and purpose?
  Cultural Norms?

  Your GVV work to date (if you were affiliated with this company)?

• Identification of possible cause(s) of these issues

Section 3 – Personal Application

• If you were tasked with creating an action plan to create changes to company operating processes that would reduce the possibility of this issue reoccurring

  Would you use consequentialism as a basis for decision making, advantages and disadvantages? Why or why not?
  Would you use deontology as a basis for decision making, advantages and disadvantages? Why or why not?
  List your GVV work to date
  Discuss how you integrate GVV work to date into the action plan creation