One of the challenges facing FEMA during the Puerto Rico\'s hurricane Maria afte

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One of the challenges facing FEMA during the Puerto Rico's hurricane Maria aftermath was the Johnson Act Decision Trees in Ethical Decision Making The act is the law. It states that foreign ships or crew are prohibited from delivering cargo to U.S ports Action outcome YesDo it Is it ethical? (Weigh the affect on employees customers, suppliers, community verses shareholder benefit) No Don't es The law was put in place to protect American jobs do it Does action maximize Yes compa The U.S. fleet did not have the capacity to deliver supplies to Puerto Rico returns Is action legal? Don't Yesdo it Is it ethical not to take Noaction? (Weigh the harm to shareholders verses benefits to other stakeholders) Should this law be broken? Do it, but notify appropriate parties No No Use the decision tree approach (draw on your answer sheet) to show the decision making process that you applied to arrive to your conclusion. Don't do it

Explanation / Answer

As per the current decision tree mentioned.

Is action legal is a No:

As this is breaking the law it automatically becomes unethical. So need not proceed.

But if there is an interim order that allows the law to be temporarily broken, it becomes legal.

Hence we follow:

Is action legal, Yes :

Maximize companies return: Yes ( As it allows goodwill and sponsors pay the full bill)

Is it ethical : Yes,

Hence, Do it

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