A manager must decide whether a particular course of action is ethical. what is the first step the manager should take in reaching this decision?

The manager should think about factors such as his or her own ethics; the company's ethics; and the interest of employees, stockholders, and customers

After considering all factors above, the managers could tried to create several course of actions and started to analyze those potential actions to determine which one is the best decision that will satisfy all the factors above, or at least satisfy most of it