Problem Domain Ethical Analysis

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AOL 2: Ethics of Process
Problem Domain Exploration Analysis: Key Questions Ethical Analysis
Legal
Mandela and eight other ANC leaders were accused of sabotage and plot to overthrow the state capital.

Ethical
Mandela had a complete shift in strategy from a nonviolent approach to a policy of armed resurrection.

Moral
Nelson Mandela has not had any first or second generation successors. People have been unable to live up to his legacy and fill the vacuum created by his absence. Police killed 69 black demonstrators who were protesting peacefully in Sharpeville Township. They were protesting laws requiring non-whites to carry internal passports. The fundamental right of a man (i.e. the right to live free) was being suppressed. Mandela and others …show more content…

Problem solution alternatives? Some of the problems identified were:
Apartheid law
The South Indian government followed a policy of apartheid. The law was a major attack on ethical and moral values which discriminated people on basis of skin color.

Denial of Basic human rights
Education, work and equal opportunities were denied and people who protested against this indignity were called conspirers and jailed

Lack of able future leaders
After the era of Mandela and his story of freedom struggle, not many successors in the line show any capability to continue the legacy.

Solutions
Every person should be given equal rights to live the life they want to freely.

New leaders should stop blaming Mandela for his slowness and become proactive to build a healthier nation. Our solutions are not mutually exclusive. This is a case of major ethical and moral issues and so it not possible to have stand-alone answers. Any answer has to address the ethical problems identified.

They are impacted by each other and influence one another. Definitely they are not completely exhaustive but illustrate the issues embedded in the process of South …show more content…

Everybody in the world has an equal right to unrestricted living and this very right was denied to the people of South Africa by the white government which was fundamentally based on the conviction that the white race is superior to the blacks which intrude upon the basic principle that all human beings are equal.

The sacrifices of Nelson Mandela and fellow activists for the rights of the larger part of the population were selfless acts in the greater good and are definitely justifiable versus costs. The process of setting up of a just and elected government after the apartheid ended was exemplary for the world and the way it was done, even more brilliant. There were hardly any harmful consequences in setting up of these just procedures and the ones if any, are definitely justifiable. The given analyses are valid and objective because we have no vested interests in the matter.
Assurance of Learning Being future managers, the most important learning is the cost versus benefits analysis of any

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