Melinda is a legal clerk for a county judge. She notices one of her colleagues, who is also a legal clerk, talking to a defense lawyer in one of the cases their judge is presiding over. Melinda’s colleague later tells her that the defense lawyer wanted to learn more about the judge, including the judge’s preferences on bench memos. Using the ethical decision-making process, Melinda notes the people and organizations that will be affected by her decision to determine what she should do. Melinda is at which step of the ethical decision-making process?
consider your alternatives
list the stakeholders
consider the consequences of alternatives
determine how you will feel explaining your decision
