The impact of ethics on decision making is profound. Making decisions based on ethics can change many ways society sees the world. There are many different decisions that people make that could have been different if thought through ethically. These days’ personal and professional areas are being looked at more closely due to ethical fiascos that have recently occurred. Many elements need to be considered to make an ethical decision. “An ethically defensible decision includes a number of important elements.” (Josep

There aren’t many different ground rules that standout to me when you hear about this particular case. The ground rules are race, and the lawfulness of the admissions program in conjunction with the Civil Rights act of 1964. I feel like other ground rules when speaking about preferential admissions could be money and recognition. When schools admit student athletes and alumni children that do not meet normal criteria the basis is money. If these student athletes can bring more money into the school by making there athletics program do better than it is ok. It is thought that alumni will put more money into the school if the school has a large population of alumni’s children. Recognition is something else that schools will receive by admitting students preferentially. If the end up being a very diverse, athletically powerful school then a lot of other prospective students may be interested in attending.

hson, 2002). Through research I found that ground rules are the most important element in decision making. There are informal ground rules that include: “religion, family values, personal experiences, and race,” and more formalized ground rules that are engrained in the philosophy of ethics. One of the most profound ethical decisions that I see many face more often than not is preferential admissions in to universities and colleges. This can include preference due to race, student athletes, and alumni.

One of the most important cases that dealt with preferential admissions was Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. This case tried in the late 1970’s was dealing with the lawfulness for the admissions program at the University of California Medica

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