Ethical Responsibility
Essays

This paper addresses the case of Dr. DoRight. Patients are dying at his hospital, and he has told his supervisors. After two years of alleged investigation, nothing has changed. The concern is whether Dr. DoRight has fulfilled his ethical duty by telling his supervisors, or whether he should have done more in an effort to ensure that the deaths (caused by illegal procedures) stopped.

Abstract Professionals constantly face ethical dilemmas in their day to day undertakings. This text highlights a scenario in which a newly hired President of a hospital, Dr. DoRight, faces a significant ethical dilemma. In so doing, the text more specifically determines the various stakeholders Dr. DoRight might find himself dealing with at the facility and the duty of royalty owed to each stakeholder. Amongst other things, the text also analyzes Dr. DoRight's actions in a bid to determine whether he has fulfilled his ethical duty. Further, both the deontology and utilitarianism principles are applied to the ethical dilemma the doctor faces in this particular scenario.

The paper discusses the conflict that arises in management while trying to ensure loyalty to stakeholders in an organization. In the paper discussion on the stakeholders to an organization and the duty of loyalty owed to them are discussed. The paper highlights the failures in performance of duty and gives recommendations on idealized actions