The chosen ethical scenario that was chosen was from the New York Times highlighting the impeachment inquiry where Fiona Hill, the former adviser on Russia and Europe testified before house investigators. Her testimony was supposed to provide details regarding her objection of the removal of Marie Yovanovitch as the ambassador to Ukraine (Weiland, 2019). The ethical decision-making process that Fiona Hill faced throughout her testifying is discussed below in seven steps.
The thing about Fiona Hill’s testimony that causes a problem is the approach she should take on her testimony, whether it should be against Donald Trump or should be a neutral approach. Even though she resigned, she may find herself obligated to take a neutral approach to her former employers in the White House and decide to take a neutral approach. The other option is to testify strongly against Donald Trump who may have undertaken some wrongdoings.
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The facts presented is that Ms. Hill left her job as the National Security Council and in the testimony is expected to take a neutral approach on foreign policy tradition. She does not have the responsibility to speak and defend the administration.
The list of options is to either testify or not. Ms. Hill should not testify against Donald Trump because he was her former employer. She may also choose to testify because she her testimony could be used to remove a leader that uses his power wrongfully.
Choosing not to testify against Donald Trump would may let the wrongdoings of the leader go unnoticed. However, if she chooses to testify against him, it may discredit her employability as it would make her look like a snitch to her former employers. This could lessen the chances of her successfully getting another job. The ethics committee also expects her to be honest and to hold a moral stand (Wittmer, 2019).
Based on the analysis the choice would be to provide an honest testimony regardless of whether it would be against Donald Trump or not.
Taking the approach of considering Ms. Hill employability after the testifying and the personal consequences would have resulted in taking a more neutral approach throughout the entire decision.
References
Weiland, N. (2019). The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Happened Today. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/us/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-news.html
Wittmer, D. P. (2019). Ethical decision-making. In Handbook of administrative ethics (pp. 507-534). Routledge.
