John, an American executive, learns that a foreign subsidiary hired a 12-year-old orphan girl to work on the factory floor. He knows that using child labor is in direct violation of the company's own ethical code. At the same time, he does not think that denying the child her only source of income is right. John is facing:

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Abigayle Bass

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15 June, 10:01

John, an American executive, learns that a foreign subsidiary hired a 12-year-old orphan girl to work on the factory floor. He knows that using child labor is in direct violation of the company's own ethical code. At the same time, he does not think that denying the child her only source of income is right. John is facing:

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Lauryn Weeks · Answer 1

an ethical dilemma

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Ethical dilemmas, also popularly known as moral dilemmas, are circumstances where there is a choice between two choices, neither of which fixes the problem in an ethically acceptable manner. Dilemmas may emerge from different sources of behavior, such as lack of personal traits, divergence of personal values and organizational goals, organizational objectives versus social values, etc.