I thought that the article ” Ethical Decision Making by Individuals in Organizations: An Issue-Contingent Model” was interesting. I would like to make a text-to-world connection here. On page 374, it highlights the components of moral intensity. It shares how moral intensity involved the magnitude of consequences. It states, “The magnitude of consequences of the moral issue is defined as the sum of the harms (or benefits) done to victims (or beneficiaries) of the moral act in question. ” I think this is interesting because in our world there are a lot of terrible things that happen to people and the people who commit those things have to consider the consequences. I also think it is interesting that the weight and magnitude of a consequence to one person doesn’t necessarily hold the same magnitude or weight for another person. I think this is why a lot of the time one person’s rational thoughts are another person’s last choice.

In terms of within an organization, the text states, “Further, because moral issues are present in most organizational decisions, people concerned with minor issues would be morally agitated most of the time. Because people are not constantly agitated over moral issues, it is assumed that many moral issues fail to reach a threshold of magnitude of consequences.” I think this speaks to the common sense that most employees have within the organization. Most people naturally understand the appropriate way/ morally correct way to handle conflict, agitation, anger, etc. within the workplace.

Ethical Decision Making by Individuals in Organizations: An Issue-Contingent Model