The diamond dilemma: a case study

This paper is a case study, and instructor's guide, of a moral dilemma faced by a chartered accountant. It is a contribution to the growing interest in business ethics exhibited by universities and business schools around the world. Reasons offered in support of a particular course of action are analysed using Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development.

If I were teaching a course in ethics, I would teach Kohlberg's moral-development theory as the grist for the moral mill. (Thomas Lickona 1980, p.121)