Question

Wendy, the CEO of an oil drilling company, and her top management team recently discovered that their facilities are damaging a beach in Asia and the local wildlife. They understand that they need to decide if temporarily closing or not closing the facility is unethical. To help them make their decision, they consider the following four questions: "Is not temporarily closing the facility legal? If yes, does this proposed action maximize shareholder value? If yes, is not temporarily closing the facility ethical? If no, would it be ethical to take the proposed action?" Wendy and her top managers are using ____ to help them make their decision

Answer 1

Answer:

A decision tree

Explanation:

The scenario states that ''To help them make their decision, they consider the following four questions:

"Is not temporarily closing the facility legal? If yes, does this proposed action maximize shareholder value? If yes, is not temporarily closing the facility ethical? If no, would it be ethical to take the proposed action?"

Wendy and her top managers are using a decision tree to help them make their decision

A decision tree is a decision support tool that uses a tree-like model of decisions and their possible consequences, including chance event outcomes, resource costs, and utility. It is one way to display an algorithm that only contains conditional control statements.

For example when the question is asked ''Is not temporarily closing the facility legal? If yes, does this proposed action maximize shareholder value?'' they are simply looking at a course of action and its possible consequences financially