A colleague at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own personal use,saying that this is a tiny loss to the company.You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies,then the loss would no longer be minimal.Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?
A)Kant's Categorical Imperative
B)The Golden Rule
C)The Risk Aversion Principle
D)The "No free lunch" rule
E)The slippery-slope rule

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Your rationale is an example of Kant's Categorical Imperative, which suggests that one should act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law. In this context, if everyone took office supplies for personal use, it would result in significant loss to the company, illustrating the principle of considering the universality of one's actions.

A Colleague at Work Takes Small Amounts of Office Supplies