Rest’s Four-Component Ethical
Decision Making Model
Using Rest’s Four-Component
Ethical Decision Making Model, outline a step-by-step application to the
following case story. Outline the possible outcomes for each individual and any
benefits and limitations of the model.
Case Story
You are a faculty member at a
college. The dean assigned the head of your department to examine a specific
issue. You attended several meetings of various faculty members to discuss the
issue, and the department head attended only one. You and a colleague wrote a
reasoned, point-by-point response to the original issue of concern, and you
sent this to the department head. A few months later, you are surprised to see
a journal article manuscript with the department head listed as the sole
author. When you read the article, you see that you and your colleague are
cited in the appendix, but much of the material is word for word what you have
written.





