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Ethical Decision Making

Strengthen your ability to navigate morally complex situations by applying structured ethical frameworks rather than relying on intuition alone. These skills are essential for leaders, professionals, and citizens who must justify decisions affecting others' lives and well-being.

intermediate20 minDecision Making
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A hospital administrator during a pandemic has 12 ventilators and 20 critically ill patients. She must create an allocation policy. A utilitarian approach would maximize total lives saved, but two of the patients who would be deprioritized are elderly community leaders who helped fund the hospital. A board member pressures her to prioritize donors. Which decision framework would best apply here?